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- News and releases The Long Night: News and Early Reviews Updates on The Long Night: Blood Will Be Served cover Bahrain newspaper features, early reader reviews, the Xpresso Tours blog tour, and the next book.
- Writing advice Grammarly for Authors See how Grammarly helps authors catch context errors, US and UK word mix-ups, and unclear sentences during self-editing, with examples from M.G. Darwish.
- News and releases The King is Here – The Long Night is Published The Long Night is published, with Alfred set against the Elders, Amazon pricing, early reviews, and a release giveaway for a Titanlord ebook.
- Behind the story Behind The Story – Fortier: Blood & Moon (Now Available in Paperback) M.G. Darwish shares how Blood & Moon began as a vampire writing exercise, why Alfred scared him, and that the novella is now in paperback on Amazon.
- Book reviews Blog Tour – The Delinquent Crown Read a blog tour stop for The Delinquent Crown, with M.G. Darwish’s review link and Sydney Faith on music, names, drafts, and writing habits.
- News and releases Pre-Order Fortier: The Long Night Now! Fortier: The Long Night is available now, with Alfred taking on the Elders after ending a war and joining an ancient vampire and unlikely ally.
- Publishing Avoid Making These 3 Common Author Mistakes Learn three common author mistakes to avoid: weak editing, poor dialogue, and plot holes that rely on coincidence instead of planned conflict.
- Book reviews Book Review: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski A 5/5 review of The Last Wish covering its short-story structure, Geralt’s book characterization, links to the games, and why it is worth every penny.
- Writing advice 3 Ways to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing Again Advice for stalled writers: change where you write, read books in your genre, and live your life to protect mental energy and find ideas.
- Behind the story New ‘Behind the Story’ Segment A new monthly Behind the Story segment will answer six writing-process questions on published stories, with light spoilers after six months.
- Publishing Vanity and Hybrid Publishers – Quick Warning to Aspiring Authors Aspiring authors are warned not to pay publishers, with notes on vanity and hybrid presses, traditional advances, rights, and free KDP publishing.
- Writing advice Writing in First Person – My Opinion M.G. Darwish explains why he moved from disliking first person to using it in Fortier: Blood & Moon, and what it added to character and plot.
