About white-cossack

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At 52 I have been writing and submitting work now for over 30 years. In that time I have successfully run OP-Ed articles for almost 14 years in the Kodiak Times in Kodiak, Ak and since leaving Alaska I have been dormant. I have submitted short stories and articles to numerous magazines, my first poem was published in 1996, my first short story was purchased in 1982 by Asminov's Science Fiction Magazine (I have never seen it in print). I continue to submit poetry and fantasy and science fiction short stories to the mainstream press. For the last seven years I have been concentrating on a Fantasy novel series called ISMERALDIS. My FIRST novel, ISMERALDIS The Forging  was finally published on January 31, 2008 by Outskirts Press.

Ismeraldis The Forging is now available on Amazon.com and has been made available by several other distribuators under the Amazon.com listing. You can find my book by typing in Ismeraldis  or using my author's name  Douglas E. Croyle in Amazon's book search engine.

See www.outskirtspress.com/agent.php?key=48878  for information about self publishing through Outskirts Press.

See www.outskirtspress.com/ismeraldis To get more information or to order signed author's copies through their author's links. There is also a part of a sample chapter on this page if you want to "look inside" the book.

IF you purchase my book please leave a feedback review on Amazon.com, it helps with future sales and I truly want to know what the readers think of my work. As things currently stand the Ismeraldis series is going to run 7 books in length. I am debating on whether or not to add a few more books to the story and reader feedback will be a very strong incentive to carry the story further than I have currently done.

Book Two - ISMERALDIS The Power of Command is currently in the evaluation process with Outskirts Press, I expect its release to be sometime around Sept or Oct of 2008.

I'm a writer, I have been one all my life. Please see my blog Getting Published under the heading On Writing here on Blogit. I am passing on my experiences for anyone interested or contemplating self publishing.

Thank you for looking and I wish you the best in your writing endeavors.

Douglas


Location:
United States
Primary occupation:
911 Operator
Dream occupation:
Writer
Hometown:
Eastern USA
Schools attended:
Public in US and Canada
I like:
Writing, Swords, Mustkets, History, Sailing
Favorite writers:
WEB Griffin, Gordon Dickson, Rydtard Kipling, Alfred Lord Tennyson
Favorite books:
Three to Dorsai, Brotherhood in Arms
Favorite newspapers:
don't read them, use them for wrapping fish
Favorite magazines:
Writer's Digest, Coins, Authors and Poets, Jewelry Artist
Favorite music:
70-80s rock and modern celtic
Favorite movies:
depends on my mood
Favorite TV shows:
sci fi channel, history channel and cooking shows
Favorite teams:
ones I don't have to watch
Favorite quote:
depends on the situation
Gender:
male
Religion:
Prot.