{"id":561,"date":"2011-10-03T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T15:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=561"},"modified":"2011-10-03T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T15:40:15","slug":"a-broken-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=561","title":{"rendered":"A Broken Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now, you may not have noticed because I’ve been fairly quiet about it, but Breaking an Empire<\/em> came out late last week. It’s a novella that details much of the backstory of Bedwar Barthu Dirio, and the war that built the kingdoms seen in Tarranau. <\/em>I absolutely adored writing it, and, if I may, I shall quote an earlier post that I wrote when I finished the story.<\/p>\n

Breaking an Empire<\/em> was a short story I set out to write to bring Unfolding a New Continent<\/em> up to the word limit I wanted it to be at before I started editing. It was supposed to be 25,000 words of backstory as to why the two main kingdoms of The Four Part Land hate one another so much. Effectively, it was a longer take on those history segments over on the main page. It turned out quite differently than that, for me. Oh, the story went where it was supposed to. I couldn\u2019t change that without rewriting the setting. But I didn\u2019t expect the six characters to mean this much to me. Every other time I\u2019ve finished a longer piece of work I\u2019ve been happy. It feels like a great accomplishment, and then with a little polish it\u2019ll be great. This\u2026 this feels a little more like a loss, like closing the chapter on something that shouldn\u2019t quite yet be over.<\/p>\n

30,000 words from when I introduced them, here is the conclusion to the story of Rhyfelwyr, Locsyn, Taflen, Gwyth, Llofruddiwr, and Rhocas. I will miss them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>I really enjoyed writing these characters. So much so, that when the opportunity came, I wrote this<\/a>, and brought these old\u00a0Veryan soldiers back. I had to. I missed writing them so much I was willing to tweak the plot of books 5 and 6 of The Four Part Land series to make sure they could reappear. And, so, like the story says, the boys will be be back.<\/p>\n

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Now, on to the giveaway!<\/p>\n

This one is pretty simple. All you have to do is buy a $0.99 copy of Breaking an Empire<\/em>\u00a0and forward the email receipt to jamestallett AT thefourpartland DOT com. The first 20 people to do so will\u00a0receive\u00a0free electronic copies of Tarranau, <\/em>the first novel in the epic fantasy series Tales of The Four Part Land. Or you can just subscribe to the newsletter from over\u00a0there on the left. Either way, you get an epic fantasy novel with multiple five star reviews for nothing! So why wait?<\/p>\n

Where to buy Breaking an Empire –<\/em> Kindle USA<\/a><\/em> – Kindle UK<\/a><\/em> – Barnes and Noble<\/a><\/em> – Smashwords<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now, you may not have noticed because I’ve been fairly quiet about it, but Breaking an Empire came out late last week. It’s a novella that details much of the backstory of Bedwar Barthu Dirio, and the war that built the kingdoms seen in Tarranau. 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