Brooklyn Book Festival

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I will be at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 18! Drop by Booth #242 and get your autographed copy of Storm Wolf! What have readers been sayng so far? See for yourself:

NEW REVIEWS FOR STORM WOLF:

“Morris’ werewolf isn’t a fur-coated romantic, but a refreshingly murky protagonist who’s both flawed and sympathetic; he kills innocents, but never intentionally. There are quite a few werewolf onslaughts, which the author unflinchingly portrays as bloody and brutal…. A dark supernatural outing, featuring indelible characters as sharp as wolves’ teeth.” — Kirkus Reviews

“…a unique weaving together and retelling of central and eastern European werewolf folk tales. Set in 1890, when such tales were still being told, Storm Wolf stands apart from contemporary myth and legend retellings… The magic–Alexei’s battles with storm creatures, the conjuring of a snake demon from pipe smoke, a witch’s talisman of skin stripped from a sailor–is extraordinarily well imagined and described here. Dollops of regional history and glimpses of customs and legends are fascinating.” — Blue Ink Review

“…the beginning of the book also serves to give us a thorough grounding in the setting, which is impressively fleshed out by Morris, and provide an unusual as well as detailed folkloric background for the tale. Morris has done extensive research about the folklore, customs, daily lives, and language of the people of 19th-century Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and it shows. Morris’s initial premise—that of a man who becomes a werewolf willingly to protect others—also puts a welcome and unusual spin on things.

Alexei is also a highly sympathetic, realistically flawed character who the author is clearly invested in, and this enthusiasm is infectious. Trouble seems to hound Alexei (forgive the pun), both as a result of his inner wolf and some seriously bad luck, and it’s easy to root for him to find peace with himself and the world. Morris also takes care to give us enough information about secondary characters for readers to care about what happens to them, sometimes—perhaps especially—when they are in danger of meeting bad ends.

Filled with details that make for a sincerely rendered world, peopled with characters who breathe; STORM WOLF is a thoughtfully constructed fantasy tale filled with emotion and action.” – Indie Reader

Werewolf in the sky? Storm clouds, beware!

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NOW AVAILABLE!

It’s out! Storm Wolf is now available in both paperback and Kindle editions! Order your copy TODAY!

Reviews:
“Morris’ werewolf isn’t a fur-coated romantic, but a refreshingly murky protagonist who’s both flawed and sympathetic; he kills innocents, but never intentionally. There are quite a few werewolf onslaughts, which the author unflinchingly portrays as bloody and brutal…. A dark supernatural outing, featuring indelible characters as sharp as wolves’ teeth.” — Kirkus Reviews 

“…a unique weaving together and retelling of central and eastern European werewolf folk tales. Set in 1890, when such tales were still being told, Storm Wolf stands apart from contemporary myth and legend retellings… The magic–Alexei’s battles with storm creatures, the conjuring of a snake demon from pipesmoke, a witch’s talisman of skin stripped from a sailor–is extraordinarily well imagined and described here. Dollops of regional history and glimpses of customs and legends are fascinating.” — Blue Ink Review

I will also be at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 18. Look for me in Booth #242! Come get your AUTOGRAPHED copies then!

OR enter here for a chance to win a free paperback copy!

Why I Write?

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The Writer’s Treasure Chest is a wonderful blog by Aurora Jean Alexander. She hosts author interviews and is an author herself (of a paranormal romance). She posts poetry, articles about writing, and frequently spotlights authors of a wide range of work.

She featured YOURS TRULY as a “Spotlight Author” this week — thank you, Aurora Jean! The interview is especially interested in “Why do you write?” and “How do you deal with dry spells and writers’ block?” Please take a moment to read the spotlight interview here and leave a comment. If you have time, take a look at some of her previous posts as well.

She invited me to participate as a “Spotlight Author” because of the upcoming release of STORM WOLF on September 1. You can preorder the Kindle edition now; both the paperback and Kindle edition will be released on September 1 and I will have copies available to autograph at the Brooklyn Book Fair on September 18.

Kirkus Reviews recently announced that Storm Wolf is “A dark supernatural outing, featuring indelible characters as sharp as wolves’ teeth.” Read the whole review here.