Blog Author Interview on Booktrib An interview with me, some cool links, and a bit about my new science fiction work in progress. Thank you, Booktrib! https://booktrib.com/2020/07/ryan-southwick/
Blog Paperback arrived! After a long delay, my author copies of Angels in the Mist finally arrived! I mostly read digital books these days, but there's definitely something special about holding a book. I love how the exterior and interior design turned out. Thanks again to Water Dragon Publishing for making
Blog Zima: Origins Second Draft, Great Father's Day The second draft of Zima: Origins has been submitted to the publisher! Even better, the cover is almost ready, so look for it early next week. I can’t wait to share with everyone. =] I’ve also found a Spanish proofreader—someone whose language skills surpass my cumulative 2 semesters
Blog Author Interview on Shooting the Breeze with Vivian L Sharp Had a wonderful radio interview with Vivian L Sharp's Shooting the Breeze show. We talked about writing, Angels in the Mist, some of her time in San Francisco, and much more. Check out the full broadcast here: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/clevelandsmoothjazzwjzz2/2020/06/17/shooting-the-breeze-with-vivian-l-sharp-ryan-southwick
Blog Angels in the Mist Interview on A Taste of Ink Had a wonderful chat with C. Stene Duckworth on A Taste of Ink Live radio. We talked about everything from tech life in San Francisco to the considerations of a writing a protagonist of another gender. You can check out the entire interview here: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/livingvertikal/2020/
Blog Angels in the Mist Interview on Cleveland Radio WJZZ WJZZ in Cleveland was kind enough to interview me about Angels in the Mist, The Z-Tech Chronicles, my writing style, and message. You can check out the entire broadcast here: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/clevelandsmoothjazzwjzz/2020/06/04/the-midnight-hour-radio-show-ryan-southwick
Blog Author Interview with Nancy Wood Nancy Wood, author of the Shelby McDougall Mysteries, was kind enough to interview me about, well... a lot of things, including my writing process, Angels in the Mist, and The Z-Tech Chronicles series in general. Here's a snippet: What’s your writing schedule? Do you have a favorite
Blog Angels in the Mist Final Draft, Radio Interview, Dead Headset Angels in the Mist is in the final stretch—and by that, I mean the final draft, which my editor delivered just a few days ago. Darn him if he didn’t have a lot of great suggestions! There’s a lot to do, but we’re still on track
Blog Ageless Temperance Progress and Sample UPDATE 2024-01-10: Ageless Temperance was the working title for Holtondome 13k words so far. I'm not in love with the title, but that's what I get for trying to name a book based on characters alone before I've even written the first chapter. Let&
Blog Press Release - Angels in the Mist Software Expert Brings Adventure Back into the Heart of San Francisco An epic combination of contemporary science fiction and urban fantasy, his debut novel is set to capture readers' imaginations. For immediate release Los Angeles, California: Ryan Southwick, one of the pioneers of the Silicon Valley Boom and agile
Blog Book Review: Best Intentions Best Intentions had me from the very first word, and the punchy protagonist didn’t let me down from there. Fern is a freelancer for hire, like many urban fantasy heroines, but she breaks the overdone female-private-detective mold in several, refreshing ways. First, she’s funny as hell. Fern is
Blog Zima: Origins First Draft Complete! Feels like a marathon over the last several days—though I’ve never run one, nor really been out of my chair much this week… (ahem) At any rate, the first draft of Zima: Origins is finished! Weighing at 43k words / ~118 pages, it’s on the border between a
Blog Book Review: All That Was Asked All That Was Asked is one of those books that, even after reading the description, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. “Twitchy little creature”? It sounded a little like a Disney movie. Happily, I was wrong. Very wrong. Author Vanessa MacLaren-Wray sets us up on a hostile alien
Blog Angels in the Mist Available For Pre-Order, And A New Cover! Two exciting announcements in one!!! After a brief hiatus while working with my publisher, Angels in the Mist is now available for pre-order from all your favorite sellers, and it has a brand-new cover! Launch date is June 16th, so head over to Amazon or my web site and check
Blog Book Review: Sweep with Me It dawned on me recently that the Innkeeper Chronicles is a lot like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a series I didn’t think I’d like when I learned the premise. After all, how can you compare the adventures of the Enterprise, which travels to new worlds almost every
Blog Book Review: Sweep of the Blade Sweep of the Blade, book #4 of the Innkeeper Chronicles, takes a break from Dina’s quirky Gertrude Hunt and follows her sister, Maud, through a brief glimpse of her troubled history of, shall we say… questionable life choices that left her in exile and as a single mother to
Blog Book Review: Hot Drop Hot Drop is an adrenaline-spiked hallucinogen injected straight into your neck. From the first paragraph, it grabs you by the nose and doesn’t let go until 25 pages later, where it plops you back on the couch, panting and questioning your own reality. Author J Dark does a marvelous
Blog What's Up: February 2020 Edition What an exciting few months! Work has been keeping me busy, along with other fun distractions like family Frozen 2 night (didn’t quite live up to the first, but I enjoyed it). That of course hasn’t stopped the writing train! I recently took Angels in the Mist down
Blog Book Review: Iron and Magic Iron and Magic is one of those books I wouldn’t have even looked at if my wife hadn’t insisted it was a necessary read before the last book in the series, Magic Triumphs. Hugh was a jerk in the main series and held little interest to me as
Blog Book Review: Leviathan Wakes It’s been a while since I’ve read a good space opera. Or maybe I never have, and Leviathan Wakes has simply opened my eyes to how wonderfully engaging a great book can be. I picked it up because I’d heard how great The Expanse TV series was.
Blog Book Review: Fire Touched Fire Touched picks up shortly after Night Broken, and I’m pleased to say it didn’t disappoint. Mercy and the rest of her pack kick things off by facing a bridge troll—and I don’t mean those cute little guys with big, colorful hair. This one eats cars,
Blog Corporate Catharsis Anthology: One Author's Journey Confession time: I’m not a short-story reader. Give me an epic series with a lowly protagonist who evolves into the most powerful being in the universe over the course of 10 x 500+ page books, and that’s the last you’ll see of me for a year. To
Blog Book Review: Night Broken Mercy is back and, I’m happy to say, in top form. Night Broken picks up the series from Frost Burned’s dip. Mercy faces her most daunting foe to date: Adam’s ex-wife, Christy. Sure, Christy brings with her a primal foe whose threatens the world in biblical proportions,
Blog Book Review: Frost Burned Frost Burned is the 7th installment in Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series. I’ve made it this far, which is a testament to Patricia’s world- and character- building skills. That said, Frost Burned wasn’t my favorite of the series. The previous book, River Marked, had flowing action, relationship
Blog Book Review: Pleasure Unbound Pleasure Unbound is one of those books I didn’t expect to like as much as I did. As the title and cover imply, there are plenty of steamy scenes with the dominant, ripped, ungodly handsome, and, of course, brooding yet sensitive love interest. Urban fantasy fans will be pleased
