Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

Meet Ranclath, a terrestrial octopus and higher-up in the Ulthian hierarchy. He's no friend to Allison Lee and a prominent character in the fourth and final volume of The Allison Lee Chronicles, The Bane Dragons.

Meet Pallas, a wayward skaag warrior, befriended by Allison Lee and a prominent character in the fourth and final volume of The Allison Lee Chronicles, The Bane Dragons.

On the 20th of next month The Bane of Dragons, the fourth & final volume of The Allison Lee Chronicles drops! So exciting, especially since this volume completes my first fantasy series!

As hard as it is to believe, I have two new releases coming out in the next two months—Solarflame in March and The Bane of Dragons in April. That will give me six published novels under my belt. Of these, five feature dragons. So, it begs the question, why dragons?

This is one of those fun posts for an author: the fourth and final volume of The Allison Lee Chronicles is under contract! You can read the prologue here for free. A Moment to Celebrate - YA Fantasy Series Complete My typical jubilation when I finish a story or publish a novel is to start writing the next one. No pause. No rest. My only drink, a cup of coffee. But being on the cusp of finishing Allison's adventures once and for all does feel like a bucket list moment. When I

Stay updated with the latest fantasy book news on Vol. 4 Update. Discover the journey of The Allison Lee Chronicles' final volume. Fantasy book news awaits!

Having completed and submitted the ghost story, I have turned my attention back to Allison's fourth and final adventure

It's time for updates on my various projects. I have so many going on that I sometimes feel overwhelmed—but so far, so good!

A new year will undoubtedly bring new inspirations—or so I hope. The one-time resident writer of my critique group, a best-selling...

Inspiration What inspires you? What inspires me? The picture above exudes a sci-fi vibe. In my opinion, at least. It reminds me of  Dune...

How time sometimes seems to fly! Now that the end of 2024 closes in, it's time to etch my writing goals for 2025 into digital stone.

A while back I used Dall-E to generate images for my characters from The Allison Lee Chronicles. It was an interesting and somewhat fun expe

The fourth and final volume in The Allison Lee Chronicles is done!!!! Well…more precisely, the rough draft is finished. I have a monumental

I'm abuzz with pleasure today. Why, do you ask? Well, that's because my humorous fantasy short story,  A Debt Paid , finally found a home...

The Wrath of Monsters has garnered additional publicity in the past few weeks. This time in well-established literary publications....

Wild times! The last few months have been wild with a number of changes for the fam. The biggest change is we moved to a domicile closer...

Release Day Release day is finally here! That's right, today is June 19, 2024. I've been saying for a long time that I reckoned The Wrath...

That's right! The Wrath of Monsters comes out in one week on June 2019, 2024. This penultimate entry in Allison's saga can be read as a stan

In the latest entry of my book marketing series, I talk about landing my first joint U.S. and international featured deal with BookBub. I...

Today, I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Frederick Radcliffe, a dragon masquerading as a human. Dr. Radcliffe makes his first appearance...