2015- Woah.

Well, I can't say I'm sorry to see 2015 end. There have been some serious low points. BUT overall 2015 has been the most sucessful year I've ever had. BIG BIG things are coming. And so I'm sharing a list of all the things that happened this year and a sneak peak at where we are headed. Thanks so much to all of you for your support and your love and your reviews and for reading. I could not be doing all of this without all of you. :)

So here's what went down this year

Death and Other Ends released: April 10, 2015

• #9621 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Anthologies
• #18437 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Anthologies & Literature Collections
• #39526 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short Reads > Two hours or more (65-100 pages) > Literature & Fiction

You can pick up a copy by clicking on the picture :)

I did a podcast appearance with Dave Robison, Mike Luoma and Andrew Weston for The Roundtable Podcast!

Voices In Poetry happened and morphed into Words In Progress!

I am the director of these programs, which bring poetry and short fiction workshops into local schools. We are entirely grant funded and the programs release publications at the end of each one. Our first publication: 

 The Book is currently available for puchase and all proceeds go towards funding future workshops.Our next publication: Words In Progress Volume 1 will be released in the spring of 2016.

As if all of that wasn't enough: I was signed with The Ed Greenwood Group!

TEGG is the first of it's kind. An interactive publishing group that is helmed by Ed Greenwood (The Archmage himself) the renowned author of The Forgetten Realms books and game setting for Dungeons and Dragons. This is an incredible place, with settings for everyone: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Erotica, Horror, you name it, we have a setting for it. I will be writing books for the Winterknight Towers setting, with my first novel The Renshouse Affair releasing in 2018. I will also be the acting Lore Guardian as well as an Author for The Great Galactic Game setting. For this incredible science fiction world I have gained a partner. An incredible artist and engaging voice: Dan Barrett.  Our first book for this setting is scheduled to release summer of 2019 and is entitled: The Laird's Ken. For more information on TEGG or either of these settings please visit OnderLibrum.com.  You can also visit the currently active setting HELLMAW and delve into the world of Daemons with currently available titles: Your World is Doomed by Ed Greenwood, Dragon Dreams by Chris Jackson, and Blind Justice by Erik Scott de Bie

And last but certainly not least. I've added some incredible people to my team.

 My creative partner Dan Barrett is a graphic artist and writer that has added imagination, depth and a wealth of knowledge to my science fiction creations and I am so incredibly thankful for him.

And my fierce editor Michalea Moore is an author as well as an editor and my friend. She shows me no mercy and I love every minute of it. Her insights have been and will continue to be invaluable in my writing now and for years to come. She is also an author and is finishing up her first novel Queen of Heka. 

Thank-you again everyone for such an incredible year! More to come in 2016!

Best Wishes and Happy New Years!

C.E. Robertson

When Authors Write With Other Authors

So, I'm sitting at the local Panera, getting ready to focus and work on my first novel for The Ed Greenwood Group and I have my fellows around me. Michalea Moore and Jerilyn Dufresne work in entirely different genres so getting their take on the world is a nice step outside of my own little box. It's an interesting set up that allows for me to focus even though I'm surrounded by the public at large and speaking the atmosphere is extremely conducsive to productivity. Something I had not expected.

But, hey, the words are happening, so stayed tuned: The Renshouse Affair releases October 2018

Thanksgiving Announcements!

Good morning! On this, the day of thankfulness I wanted to get back out on the blogverse and give all of you amazing readers a quick update on what I've been doing (so sorry, I will try to post more regularly)


As you know, I have been accepted to work with The Archmage himself: Mr. Ed Greenwood in his The Ed Greenwood Group publications venture. (Still fangirling over here) BUT what you may not know is what that means exactly, so I thought I'd take a minute and fill you all in.

So, if you head on over to the Onder Librum you will see that there is a chapters menu with a World Foundry in it. This is where you can see the different settings that are being published and filled with novels and games and you will find my books in The Great Galactic Game  and Winterknight Towers


My first book is in Winterknight Towers and is scheduled to release in October 2018 and it will be followed by a three book series with release dates in October 2019, 2020 and 2021! Winterknight Towers is where you are going to get the dark, rich, horror that I so love to write and I really cannot wait to share more with you all in the coming months about these books!

If you clicked the link above to The Great Galactic Game, you may have noticed that I am listed as the Lore Guardian  in that setting! This is extremely exciting news! The Great Galactic Game is a wonderfully quirky science fiction setting and the writers there are top notch. I am thrilled to be working so closely with them as they develop their stories, and I can't wait to meet new creatives to share with :) More than that, I also have a saga of books in the setting with scheduled release dates of June 2019, 2020, 2021 and possibly the years beyond. I am not writing these books alone. My writing partner and The Great Galactic Game Art Director is Dan Barrett, a graphic artist and visionary Dan has brought energy and vitality to my science fiction and kept me on my toes. I am beyond pleased with this partnership and I can't wait to see what comes of it down the road!

I'll be sharing more details on Dan and my upcoming releases (as well as those of my fellow authors) so be sure and follow to stay up to date!

Until Next Time!

C.E.

Welcome to Hellmaw!

Finally! We are opening the doors of the Onder Librum! The gigantically excited brain child of Ed Greenwood is now open for your viewing pleasure! Be sure to register for an account and keep up to date on all of the exciting books and games coming your way from The Ed Greenwood Group!

First on the list is HELLMAW, with Your World is Doomed by Ed Greenwood now available for pre-order and a host of other exciting works right on it's tails. You will be dazzled by the incredible art of Eric Belisle and the stories from a long list of talented authors, such as



Ed Greenwood
Erik Scott de Bie
W.O. Cassity
Dave-Brendan de Burg
Angela Meadon

Not to mention the partnership with Dave Robison of Wonderthing Studios. Oh the epic goodness that will come from this pairing is too absonome!

Want to know more? Hear what Ed himself has to say on The Melting Potcast with A.F. Grappin and the Hellmaw teaser video!

Special Episode of The Melting Potcast

The Latest: Memories, Zombies and A theme park??????

What's new in Science and Horror this week? Check it out


If you have trouble remembering, well science is working on that for you

Scientists to bypass brain damage by re-encoding memories

Zombie fans can get the latest installment of Z-Risen by Timothy W. Long!

Reavers

*Update. Paperback version is now available!

Looking for a good scare? Check out Before I Wake now in theatres

Interested in a new SciFi read? Try out The Capital of Latecomers by Nina Nenova available Oct. 1

Bonus! Check out this announcement from BioWare about a MassEffect ride coming in 2016!

Until Next Time!

Collaboration

I've never really written with a partner before. I wasn't planning on doing it now, but sometimes you just have to acknowledge that their perspective and voice is exactly what your story needs. Sometimes another persons enthusiasm is what keeps you motivated to continue. Sometimes you just get the most brilliant ideas from them to run with. I am learning this as I write this latest book. I really can't wait to see to how all this turns out :)



Until Next Time!

My new logo for the Science Fiction world!

Discovering a new Genre and The Latest Updates

So, the best part about taking on new jobs is discovering new angles, new characters, new stories to tell. I've always been a darker story teller, and while that hasn't changed I have been working in the Science Fiction genre of late. So very different from horror. Sure there are elements of horror in scifi, but there is so much more room to play with different themes, add humor without poignant irony and generally get a new outlook on my craft. More details to come on this project later on :)

Another new thing is childrens literature. I've lately completed a text for a picture book that I'll be submitting to publishers. Wish me luck!

I have been remiss in posting this last week so here's The Latest:

In science

Making 3-D objects disappear: Ultrathin invisibility cloak created

In Horror:

Happy Birthday to Stephen King!

In Books and Movies:

The Green Inferno releasing Sept 25th 2015

The Best Horror of the Year volume 7

Until Next Time!