Legacies Etched In Obsidian is live! Go and get a look at this fantasy book that is built different! It is on AMAZON! Check out the links! Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GH19F5LD Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GH8NX2RJ Hardback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GH8SP6RP

Come along on the journeys within Legacies Etched In Obsidian: Ascension! It is BUILT DIFFERENT! An epic fantasy of struggle, sacrifice, and redemption! Now available on AMAZON! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GH19F5LD

Readers are already immersing themselves in Legacies Etched in Obsidian: Ascension! The world, the magic, the journeys invite you along for the ride! This story grants agency to the reader, knowledge of its world beyond the veil, and has a large cast with characters that readers can relate to. 📖 Obsidian awaits more readers like you all to journey its pages and lands!

So after I breathed for a minute, I did some walking and talking in some posts on IG and FB. The proof looks awesome! I really hope you all love my book. It is coming out tomorrow!!! Legacies Etched In Obsidian: Ascension drops on Amazon 1.15.26! My book is an epic fantasy story that is built different for people looking for something different that isnt status quo! ✨Warriors. Angels. Enforcers. Gods. This is Ascension.” ✨ Drop a <3 if this book is something you'd read and

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨ This is not a fairy tale. This is a cosmic epic. Welcome to a universe shaped by starlight, gods, angels, and immortal races—where men and women are warriors, strategists, avatars, and villains… not side characters waiting to be saved. Inside these pages you’ll find: ⚔️ Epic fantasy battles and divine politics 🌌 Sci-fantasy elements rooted in starlight and cosmic origins 👑 Women who command power, choice, and consequence 🖤 A formidable enforcer serving th

Today my team and I finished up this iteration of the website and I'm kinda proud of it. Heh, it doesn't look like something out of a retro 1996 geocities website nightmare. As my team's leader affectionately teased me on about my first iteration of the site. Please all feel free to comment on the site, send me suggestions, or just email me at dm.smith.literary@gmail.com I welcome all comments and suggestions and questions! We went with a dark mode instead of my light and

Thank you everyone for all of the support and the emails with questions! Please keep them coming at dm.smith.literary@gmail.com The predominant question over the past few days has been "What makes this book so unique?" or "What's going to make us want to run out and get it?" Here's the answer! To me, what best answers these questions, deals with the world itself. You see I built this world myself from the ground up. I didn't just sit down and start writing. I literally

Come on the journey and witness the legacy!

Headsets! Headshots!! HEADSHOTS!!! In the ever-evolving world of publishing and authorship, the question arises: since when do authors have to submit headshots? It seems that the landscape of literature has shifted dramatically, and we find ourselves in a peculiar position, akin to that of celebrities who are scrutinized for their public images. Are we now expected to maintain a glamorous facade, complete with professional photographs that capture our essence? Oh wait...what'

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Hey #QueryIsland citizens! I have been knee deep in map artists and trying to select one to bring my world to life in a detailed map. I have a brilliant color one, but it just isnt right to put in my book. Tell me have any of you fantasy writers out there did up a map for your world? I did my first one myself, but I am no artists. Basically I used it to keep track of where things were in the world. Its about as rough as a rough sketch can be. Anyway, I have narrowed over 1

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