Author Archives: Mark P. Kolba
Awakening from the Shadows
Now that a few days have gone by, I can make the official publication announcement for Awakening from the Shadows. I’ve been thrilled with the response to the book so far, and I hope that everyone enjoys it! I know that I sure had a blast writing it, and I’m excited to continue the story … Continue reading
Awakening from the Shadows is published!
At long last, the announcement that you and I have both been waiting for: Awakening from the Shadows is officially published!!! I hit the publish button on Amazon last night, then ran out of steam before I had time to put it up on Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords. But now tonight I’ve finished … Continue reading
September writing progress
It’s hard to believe that it’s already October . . . the summer has flown past and now fall is in the air. Well, not quite yet for us. We’ve actually had really beautiful weather over the last few weeks and it hasn’t really turned cold yet. I’m sure it’s coming, but for now I’ll … Continue reading
Website re-design
Howdy everyone! As I’m sure you’ve already noticed by now, the website has undergone a re-design to give it a snazzier and crisper appearance. Let me know if you run into any problems or if something doesn’t work like it should, but I’m hoping for pretty smooth sailing. The beauty of WordPress, you know :-)
Title change and cover reveal!
Big news for my first fantasy novel–we are getting closer and closer to the day of publication. I’m continuing to make improvements to the novel based on feedback from my wonderful beta readers, and I’m targeting a new publishing date of the end of September. I think this is probably the fourth deadline I’ve set for myself, but … Continue reading
August writing progress
Another month has passed, bringing us more or less to the end of summer and the gradual transition into fall. It’s always crazy how quickly the summer flies by, and this year was no different. The good news is that I was got started on some new projects this month and was able to make … Continue reading
July writing progress
July saw the completion of my first-round edits to The Awakening and saw the manuscript shipped off to my beta readers. As with June, actual word-count writing progress has been slow in July since editing doesn’t always net you a whole lot of new words at the end of the day. I still got in … Continue reading
The Awakening is off to the beta readers!
I’ve finally finished my edits to The Awakening, the first book of the Mirynthir Chronicles, and that means that it’s off to the beta readers! I’ll get feedback from them over the next several weeks, do a final editing pass in response to their comments, and then it’s off to the presses! I’m going to … Continue reading
June writing progress
Yes, I recognize that it’s nearly the end of July, but I never did report on my June progress, so I figure that now is as good a time as any. There’s actually relatively little to report in terms of word count progress since essentially all of June (and all of July to this point) … Continue reading
May writing progress
It’s late on a Saturday night, so I’m going to keep this post short before I head off to bed, but I wanted to check in with a quick update on my writing progress for May. May was a really exciting month for several reasons. First of all, I finished the rough draft for my … Continue reading