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23/08/2024

My book Three Grams of Elsewhere is part of the fifth annual "Beloved Books" sale. The sale includes over 60 sci-fi and fantasy books that have been recommended by someone who loved them, all written by independent authors.

All of the books are on sale for $0.99 from 8/23 - 8/27. Check it out and give beloved indie authors some love!

https://talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2024.html

27/05/2024

It's hard to believe Three Grams of Elsewhere has already been out for a year. I'm grateful it's been well received -- it's a finalist for both the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) and the Foreword Indies Awards.

Thanks as always to my awesome beta readers, editors, and everyone else who helped make this book possible. You rock!

This Thursday, May 30th, Youtubers Bald&Balding will interview me as an SPSFC finalist (a choice they'll no doubt come to regret 🙃).

If you'd like to join us, the livestream starts at 7pm Eastern, 6pm Central here:

24/03/2024

Good news: Three Grams of Elsewhere is a finalist in the 2024 Foreword Indies Awards.

Three Grams of Elsewhere is a Foreword Indies Finalist

31/05/2023

Three Grams of Elsewhere is entered in the BookLife Prize from Publisher's Weekly. They'll announce winners at the end of August, but the first step is an assessment by a Publisher's Weekly reviewer. Apparently they liked it or something. My author site has more about the review.

Three Grams of Elsewhere: BookLife Prize Assessment (10 out of 10)

26/05/2023

It always makes me smile when somebody reviews one of my books with "I don't usually like this kind of book, but." I just saw what's now my favorite review comment of that kind:

"Usually, I am annoyed by novels in which the narrative switches from past to now over and over. I am not sure how this author managed to not annoy me, but I deeply appreciate that..."

04/05/2023

Three Grams of Elsewhere is finally out today!

To celebrate, my first book, The Nothing Within, will be free for the month of May.

I'm flattered and humbled at how positive editorial and reader reviews have been so far. You can learn more about Three Grams on my author site.

Three Grams of Elsewhere

01/05/2023

To celebrate the upcoming release of Three Grams of Elsewhere, the eBook version of my first book, The Nothing Within, will be free for the month of May. (Today it was featured in eBookDaily as a featured deal of the day.)

'The Nothing Within' by Giesler, Andy is featured on eBookDaily's best 1-day $0 Kindle book freebies

20/04/2023

Got more good news today: BookLife (Publisher's Weekly's review service for independent authors) just named Three Grams of Elsewhere an Editor's Pick with a very positive review.

The full review will appear in a mid-May print edition of Publisher's Weekly. You can find the highlights on my blog.

BookLife by Publisher's Weekly: Editor's Pick

22/03/2023

The first editorial review is in: a starred review from BlueInk Book Reviews. More on my author site's blog.

BlueInk Starred Review for Three Grams of Elsewhere

05/02/2023

Good news! My next novel, Three Grams of Elsewhere, has a cover and a release date: May 4, 2023. The linked post on my author site has all the details.

Three Grams of Elsewhere: Book Cover and Release Date!

30/06/2022

The third and final-I-hope draft of my second novel, Three Grams of Elsewhere, is...DONE! Learn more on the blog.

Novel Complete: Three Grams of Elsewhere

08/04/2022

The Nothing Within was a semifinalist in the 2020 Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off, a big event in the fantasy fiction world. Friday 4/8 through Monday 4/11 there's a big promotion for semifinalists from the 2018-2021 contests. Most of the books are deeply discounted -- and to have made the semifinalist cut, all are very good. https://writerkarimsoliman.com/spfbo-semi-finalists-sale/

ALL books in this mega sale are by authors who were one step close to making the finals in Mark Lawrence’s SPFBO (Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off) between 2018 and the present. Many of the titles b…

13/12/2021

I've finished the first draft of my second novel: Harmony Cain and the Dapper Five. Yay! Details are on the Humble Quill blog.

Manuscript Complete: Harmony Cain and the Dapper Five

27/07/2021

Fantasy Book Critic, a venerable book blog, just posted an interview Łukasz Przywóski did with me earlier this month.

Today, we have the immense pleasure to host a Q&A with Andy Giesler whose genre-bending book, The Nothing Within , awed us last year. ABOUT...