The Portal to Nova Roma: Omnibus (books 1-3) is now out!

67 hours on Audible and thousands of pages on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.

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Thank you so much!!

The Jake's Magical Market HARDCOVER pre-order is up!

And we have a NEW cover - mostly using the original one still (because I love it so much) - but with an aged up Jake to fit the story better and with new typography!

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Portal to Nova Roma Portal to Nova Roma is a post-apocalyptic story set in an alternate version of the ancient city of Constantinople where magic is real - and so are monsters. This story is a slow-burn empire builder fe...

I've been releasing book one in my Portal to Nova Roma series on Royal Road for free and it just hit top 10 on Rising Stars!

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Not at the moment, no new book series on the immediate horizon for me, but thank you.

Thank you!!

Thank you! Writing is, for sure, the most enjoyable for me but I do love seeing my story come to life through the eyes of an artist. It's always shocking to see the final product and go, "oh, wow! That's exactly what I dreamed out when I wrote the story!"

Yeah! Hit me up on Discord any time. I love finding unique artists and commissioning them to do my covers. Both of mine for Jake's/Nova Roma had never really done book covers before and I think that really helps bring a unique style to them because the artists have their own vision already.

Thank you!

Starting next week, I'll be posting FIVE CHAPTERS A WEEK of my two upcoming books, Portal to Nova Rova: Paris and Portal to Nova Roma: Empire.

Subscribe here to read early:
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Yeah, self-publishing can have its hard moments, but better than being trapped forever in a contract you can't break. : (

Yeah, there are some really decent companies in the genre but it's a bit shocking how low some can go.

Nice!!

The Fantasy Megasale is officially up!

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300+ authors putting their books on sale for charity.

Both Jake's Magical Market and Portal to Nova Roma are FREE for the next two days - so if you haven't read either series you should grab 'em while you can!

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Breakdown of just how insanely predatory that "Shadow Light Press" contract truly is - from a former lawyer turned litrpg/progfantasy author Hey everyone, J.R. Mathews here. Those of you that know me may know that I worked as a lawyer for 10 years before becoming a full-time author in...

There has been some revelations this week about one of the publishers in the #litrpg and #progressionfantasy spaces and how exploitative they've been to new and aspiring authors.

I wrote a breakdown of just how bad their contract truly is here:

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Mr. Biscuit enjoying the afternoon sun.

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After years of putting it off, I've finally gone and had an actual website made for me!

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Please sign up for my newsletter on the website if you can. I've realized how important it is to have an independent way of reaching my readers.

Thanks all!

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Awesome! If you do I hope you enjoy it. : )

New cover for the Nova Roma omnibus is here!

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I'm getting a new cover for an omnibus edition of Portal to Nova Roma books 1-3. The amazing Daniele Turturici (who did my Jake's MM covers!) is designing it.

Take a look at these beautiful art designs they came up with just to get a feel for the city of Nova Roma and my MC!

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Thank you!!

The first drafts for both book 4 and 5 of Portal to Nova Roma are officially DONE!

I still need to do two rounds of edits and then have my editor do the same but we are getting REAL CLOSE!

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Jake's Magical Market will be (hopefully) coming to a bookstore near you soon!

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Hey, thank you! Sorry I'm on a social media blackout so only just saw this. Appreciate the help!!

One of my top ten progression fantasy series, for sure!

I heard the audiobooks got cancelled because there wasn't enough interest in the series and I honestly think that's such a great shame because the series is SO GOOD everyone should be devouring it.

Thank you so much!!! ❤️

I was just told that the audiobook for Jake's Magical Market 3 is on sale if anyone was looking to pick up the conclusion to my series!

It's 36 HOURS long and now on sale for just $7.99!!

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My boomer dad will read all my reviews and then will tell me some of the more ridiculous ones like, "someone compared you to Tolkien again they are being so over the top." It's pretty funny.

I tend to avoid looking at reviews just to spare my own mental health but I decided to glance at Jake's Magical Market 3's audiobook reviews and it's really moving to see how much the ending of the series has connected with people.

Here is one of my favorites:

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Ugh, yeah. I hate the modern trend of minimalist, boring covers with just text and a nondescript swirl of color or maybe a tree branch or something sticking up behind the title. Yawnnnnnnnnnn.