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Stephen Aryan
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2013
Writing advice and traditional publishing advice, fantasy worldbuilding tips and author interviews.
I am a traditionally published fantasy author with two epic fantasy trilogies from Orbit Books, a duology from Angry Robot books and a new historic fantasy series set in 13th Persia. My debut novel, Battlemage, was published in 2015.
My new trilogy, the Nightingale and the Falcon started on 13 July 2023 with The Judas Blossom.
If you want advice about writing, or getting traditionally published then you've come to the right place. Over the years I learned a lot of lessons which I'm sharing with others. I want to help you avoid the same mistakes that I see others repeat over and over again.
Email for business enquiries only.
This isn't a booktube or book review channel. I do not take interview requests.
I am represented by Juliet Mushens of Mushens Entertainment.
I am a traditionally published fantasy author with two epic fantasy trilogies from Orbit Books, a duology from Angry Robot books and a new historic fantasy series set in 13th Persia. My debut novel, Battlemage, was published in 2015.
My new trilogy, the Nightingale and the Falcon started on 13 July 2023 with The Judas Blossom.
If you want advice about writing, or getting traditionally published then you've come to the right place. Over the years I learned a lot of lessons which I'm sharing with others. I want to help you avoid the same mistakes that I see others repeat over and over again.
Email for business enquiries only.
This isn't a booktube or book review channel. I do not take interview requests.
I am represented by Juliet Mushens of Mushens Entertainment.
I'm taking a break from YouTube
There is a lot going on over the summer and autumn, a lot of events, a lot of writing to do, and a lot of commitments, so something has to give. I won't have time to make videos so I'm taking a break for a few months.
I'll be back with a livestream in September for the readalong on the channel for The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington, so keep an eye on the community tab for that.
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#authortube
I'll be back with a livestream in September for the readalong on the channel for The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington, so keep an eye on the community tab for that.
📖SUPPORT THE CHANNEL📖
My books on Amazon: shorturl.at/rtwC5
My books on Waterstones (UK): rb.gy/1fulc
Monthly Newsletter: rb.gy/jcqhi
Instagram: stephenaryan_writer
Website: stephen-aryan.com
📖WRITERS RESOURCES 📖
Writers Beware: www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/
Predators and Editors: prededitors/
Writers and Artists Yearbook: www.writersandartists.co.uk/
The Bookseller Deals:www.thebookseller.com/rights/rights
#authortube
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Author Interview with Cameron Johnston - The Last Shield
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What is the best way to introduce a magic system? (Writing Advice)
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Author Interview with Oliver Langmead - Calypso
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What is the effect of ego on a writer’s success? (Writing Advice)
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Covering questions 25 through 28 on my 100 questions and answers about writing, this video covers books I couldn't put down, the best part of being an author, favour books from childhood and the impact and necessity of ego for a writer. 📖SUPPORT THE CHANNEL📖 My books on Amazon: shorturl.at/rtwC5 My books on Waterstones (UK): rb.gy/1fulc Monthly Newsletter: rb.gy/jcqhi Instagram: s...
Who is your favourite author? (Writing Advice)
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Author Interview with Ian Green - Extremophile
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Query Package Mistakes (Writing Advice)
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5 common mistakes I am seeing in query packages when a writer is submitting to a literary agent with the goal of becoming traditionally published. I have been looking at a number of packages over the last month since The Write Advice started and a pattern is starting to form. These are just the first 5 of many things that need addressing in a query package before you should submit to an agent. ...
All my Broken Binding Special Editions
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These are all of my Broken Binding Special Editions. Not books I have bought from them, but my own novels which have been given the hardback special edition treatment by The Broken Binding. The first two, were the Quest for Heroes duology, from Angry Robot Books, an epic fantasy duology. I show off the hardbacks and then the special limited edition lettered edition. The next special was The Jud...
Author Interview with Taran Matharu - Dragon Rider
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What I'm working on - Writing Update May 2024
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Fantasy News - Broken Binding Special Editions, Brian Lee Durfee in hospital, Author hates libraries
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Author Interview with P.L. Stuart - A Lion's Pride
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Author Interview with MJ Kuhn - Among Thieves
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Author Interview with JL Worrad - Pennyblade
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How to do research for a book? (Writing Advice)
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What is the Best Time of Day to Write? (Writing Advice)
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What is the Best Time of Day to Write? (Writing Advice)
What if an author disagrees with their editor? (Writing Advice)
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What if an author disagrees with their editor? (Writing Advice)
How Do You Write The First Draft of a Book? (Writing Advice)
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How Do You Write The First Draft of a Book? (Writing Advice)
Great discussion! I have finally finished my own list of notes and associations of references (and, in all good spirit, stuff that GRRM homaged in “ASOIAF” 😅😄), apologies if I repeat stuff already mentioned: Prester John: Mythical Medieval Christian King in the “East” (Asia/Africa), many of the Portuguese Expeditions to India and East Africa sought to find him and his kingdom as a potential trade partner and ally against the Ottoman Turks Erkynland: Anglo Saxon England and names Warinsten names: Biblical of origin Hernystir: Celts Rimmersmen: (Christianized) Vikings Nabban: Medieval Italy Beornoth: Ætheling mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle Colmund: Ceolmund, 8th Century Bishop mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle Eahlstan: 9th Century Bishop mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle Eglaf: 11th Century Swedish Nobleman mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle (Elian, brother of Ulf Jarl) Ethelferth: Royal herdsman mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle Freawaru: Daughter of King Hrodgar in “Beowulf” Haestan: Hastein/Hastingus/Hæsting, Viking (Danish) Chieftain mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, raided France & the Mediterranean with Bjorn Ironside, defeated in England by King Alfred Hephzibah: Hebrew “My delight (is) in her”, 1) Queen of Judah, wife of King Hezekiah 2) In Jewish Medieval Apocalyptic Literature the Warrior Wife of Nathan, son of King David and Bathsheba, slayer of multiple enemy kings and mother of the coming Messiah Hruse: Old English “ground”, appears in Anglo Saxon Texts such as “Beowulf” & “The Wanderer” Malachite: Copper carbonite hydroxide green mineral Ordmaer: Ordmær, Anglo Saxon Earl and Father-in-Law of King Edager and Grandfather of King Edward the Martyr Sangfugol: Norwegian “Songbird” (Bokmål: “Sangfugl”, Nynorsk: “Songfugl”, dialect: Songfoggel) Towser: Sargent Towser from “Catch 22”, Major Major’s assistant and de facto head of the Squadron Bagba: The Dagba of Irish Mythology, Chief Deity of the Tuath Dé Danann (+ Togo Spirit mentioned in James Frazer’s “The Golden Bough”) Cryunnos: Cernunnos, Celtic Horned God Hern: (King) Herne the Hunter, the leader of the Wild Hunt in British Myths Hernystir: Tir “Land” in Gaelic, so “Hern’s Land” Murhagh One-Arm: Nauda “Airgetlam”/“Silver-hand”, King of the Tuath Dé Danann Rhynn: Lost God in Michael Moorcock’s “Corum” stories: The Magical Eye of Rhynn is given to Corum to replace his lost eye Bindesekk: Norwegian “Bounded rucksack” Dror: Thor, the Norse God of Thunder & Champion of Mankind Einskaldir: “Ein skald”, “a skald/bard” in Norwegian (NN) Fingil: Fingal (aka Finn McCool, the Celtic Hero) in James MacPherson’s “Ossian” (while it today is highly contested for its validity, it greatly popularized Irish mythology in the 18th Century , for example Napoleon Bonaparte greatly cherished his copy in Italian) Frayja: Freya/Frigg, Norse Goddess(es) of Fertility, Prophecy, Marriage & Motherhood Hengfisk: Hengist, the first Anglo-Saxon warlord of Britain Ingen Jegger: Norwegian “ingen jeger” (“no hunter”)/ “ingen jeg er” (“I am Nobody”, akin to Odysseus’ alias when meeting the Cyclops) Isorn: Norwegian “Isbjørn” (“Ice Bear”- Polar Bear) Jarnauga: Norwegian (NN) “Iron Eye” Löken: The Norse Trickster God Loki/e plus Logi (the personification of “Fire”), whom Loke lost to when challenged to an eating contest at Utgard-Loke Memur: Mimir, the Wisest Jotun in Norse mythology Nisse: Scandinavian Folklore Creature Udun: Odin, Norse Chief Diety + Idun, the provider of the Apples of Immortality for the Norse Gods (+ Udun, fortress of Morgoth in the “Silmarillion” & valley of Mordor in “Lord of the Rings”, Sindarin “Dark Pit”/“Underworld”) Adeon: Adonai, one of the Hebrew names of God Nuanni: Neptune (with a Mesopotamian twist to the name?) Lector Ranessin: Pope Adrian IV (born Nicholas Breakspear), the only English Pope to this date Sulis: Celtic Water Diety, worshiped at Bath, England Usires Adeon: “Sired by Adonai”? (+ Adeon appears as a name in the Welsh “Mabinogion”) Sithi: Aos Si/Aes Sidhe, Irish name of a Mythical Supernatural Older Race of Elves/Fairies (“daoine sith” in Scottish Gaelic), “Sidhe” (ancient “otherworldly” hills & barrows tied to Aos Si) and the Sith (insect-like species from the “John Carter of Mars”/“Barsoom” series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which George Lucas borrowed to his own passion project) Amerasu: Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess of Japanese Shinto Mythology The First Men (looking at you George! 😜😄) coming over a Western Land Bridge (George! 😆): Akin to the Noldor Elves of the Silmarillion (returning to Beleriand) or historically, the Native American Ancestors walking over the (now) Bering Strait from Asia to North America Second wave of Men as Blonde Haired Sea Raiders with Iron Swords (George! 😂), driving away the Elves: “The Broken Sword” by Poul Anderson. Ach Samrath: Akin to the Battle of Catraeth featured in the Medieval Welsh poem “Y Gododdin”, where the Brythonic “Old North” lost to the Angles of what would become Northumbria Chariots of Hernystir: Celtic/British War Chariots The White Stag of Hernystir: White Stags appear in multiple mythologies, in Celtic mythology it is used as messengers from the Underworld, while in Arthurian myth it symbolizes a call to a quest for the Knights of the Round Table Sexton: Septon, George? 🤣 Eahlstan: The Mythical Fisher King in Arthurian Myth (also: The Fisher Queens, George eh?😉) The King’s Hand, eh Georgie!😅 Pryrates: Giving off some real Rasputin vibes! White Trees, George? 😄 (though, to be fair, this is definitely a homage from both to Tolkien) The Bukken/“Diggers”: Inspiration for the Pucas from Philip Chase’s “Edan” Trilogy? King Lluth: “Lute”/“Flute”+Lugh/Lleu Llaw Gyffes, Celtic mythic Heroes of Irish and Welsh Myth respectively. Raed “Council”: Norwegian “Råd” Hünen “Giants”: The Huns The League of the Scroll: Similar to the White Lotus in “Avatar: The Last Airbender” ( and the Edan Trilogy?) The Storm King, eh George? 😁 (though to be fair again, a storm/sky diety (representing good/life/order) fighting a dragon/great worm (representing evil/destruction/chaos), appears in multiple mythology tied to the reconstructed Indo-European concept of “Chaoskampf” White as the colour of mourning among the Sithi: Similar to many Asian Cultures The Red Hand, five red hooded servants of the Storm King: The Red Hand of Ulster, the Nazgul & the Horned King (of the Chronicles of Prydain)? (& Red Riding Hood? 😄) Yuvenis: Jupiter/Jove mixed with Justitia (Justice) Usires hanging on a tree for nine days: The Cruxifixction of Jesus mixed with Odin hanging from Yggdrasil, combined with the upside down crucification of St. Peter Tiamak and the Crab «Brothers»! Nine robed pursuers, Tad? 😉 Hound-shaped helmet, George? 😁 Black Rimmersmen: The Black Numenorians (later the Corsairs of Umbar), with a similar torturer-mercenary role as performed by some of the Vikings serving Byzantium, the Varangian Guard Three Elvish Tribes, eh Tad? 😄
Best wishes 👍
Thank you 😊
Have fun!
Cheers. Good to see you back doing reviews
Hope the break isn't for too long. You're the best author ok TH-cam by far. Your advice and no nonsense approach has been refreshing and has really motivated me to keep writing. Good luck with everything!
I appreciate that!
Hope you do ACTUALLY REST during the break 😂😂😂
Ha, oh no. I've got too much work to do. My copy edits for Judas book 3 just landed so even more to do now, plus I've got a couple of new mentees for The Write Advice 😂
Enjoy the break, sounds like you're going to be busy. Looking forward to saying hi at Fantasycon :)
See you there!
Enjoy your break Stephen!!!!
Thanks!
Good luck on all the stuff you've got going on. Sounds like a packed schedule. I do love your interviews with other authors. If you end up going to do one of those a month or something similar that'd be appreciated, and I also understand your time is valuable. Thanks again for all the videos and insights.
Thank you
Fully understandable! Best of luck on your projects, looking really forward to get to “The Blood Dimmed Tide” later this year!
Thanks, hope you enjoy it
Wow, one of the best videos/discussions I've seen on this topic. Really insightful and encouraging. Many thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
nice ^.^ i think for quite awhile i've had the distinction in mind of "you're technically a writer as long as you regularly write but you're only an author upon reaching the end goal of writing". So i can kinda say i'm a writer but i can't say that i'm an author. Great thing though is the story i'm currently on is going better than any before and i'm really excited about it. i think a combination of finding the exact genre/type that works for me and being in a better living situation is making a big difference plus adding a sticker chart in addition to a group wordcount chart i was doing before. I found out that keeping a chart that does daily, weekly, monthly, etc. rolling over into the next section with little stickers (i just copy-paste an image) is a pretty good structure for me instead of a day-month that resets every month with no markers of hitting a goal or not. i mostly use WriteRush for the rough parts (the sound effects are fun and it helps me split things apart to count words, as well as keep some notes handy). Then at the end of each week (at least) copy it over to the more secure Word knockoff LibreOffice. About once a month i copy those files onto a flash. I had a major section of my zero draft get deleted so i'm cautious now to back things up to more secure levels. But yea that's pretty much all i need, sometimes i use timers to get myself to focus and have things to listen to but like it's nothing fancy lol. Reading The Judas Blossom and now The Blood Dimmed Tide is also great timing (Libby in my area got them around the same time) as there's some similarities in time, place, and genre. also some other reads and even a horror movie where good inspiration. My drafting has been messy but good and i think when i get to future projects i'll use the snowflake method since that seems to kinda match what i'm doing but more structured. anyways that was a lot i'm just hyped and these videos are part of what kept me inspired to keep trying, your supportive comments in the past, as well as your writing inspiring ideas of what can be written ^.^ thanks so much
I think you can call yourself a writer when you send your stuff off, get rejected, and continue. (and I agree with your take on it, too)
I'm late to the party, but this was really good--thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Hearing Verdi talk about his books makes me love them even more. Partway through book 2 and worried for a few of my favs
It’s 6am and I’m about to drive home from my 12 hr night shift. I’ll be continuing “The Warrior” in bed before going to sleep. I’m glad I found your channel and am excited to listen to this episode. Christopher Buhelman’s “Between Two Fires” is one of my favorite novels! You two make me want to continue reading and writing.
Many thanks!
I have been reading Weis and Hickman since the late 80s. I have rediscovered them recently after decades. I'm excited to read again.
Jim Butcher...where to start? Wich one of the books is standalone or contained in itself?
The Dresden Files is one huge long series that it still ongoing. However, every book is a standalone story that has threads will carry over into the next book, but each book is a different Case File as he is a private investigator. So start with Storm Front, book 1.
Great interview! Love Cam's books and this one is no different. Amazing writer.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Tracy & Margaret are 2 of my all time fav authors who made my fav character of all time. Raistlin. They just released a new book & I need to catch up!
An Orc walks into a bar
I'm working on a trilogy right now and I really needed a video like this! I too believed the myth that querying with a series is a bad, bad idea so it's good to hear that isn't the case. Maybe I'll put that novella on the backburner. Thanks Stephen!
You're welcome!
Happy for you Stephen! Amazing hardback! So sad I can't buy hardback of The Coward and The Warrior anymore. I would pass them on to my children in the future - so much did I like them. But it is what it is.
Yeah, they all sold out sadly. People do resell them on ebay of course, but the price is always going up and up!
The Chocky theme tune always freaked me out as a kid, it was well creepy.
fun conversation from the start XD "I live just down the street" "They don't know that!" . I enjoyed listening to the two of you chat also, i finished reading The Judas Blossom, the end was a bit sudden but I loved it and being i tend to struggle with multiple POV, some content stuff, and can have a short attention span that doesn't always hold through people's world-building, you did an amazing job! Things that often would at least slow a read for me weren't a problem at all and worked great because of how well you wrote it ^.^
Animorphs represent! As a teenager in the early 00's I also relied on a WH Smith for my fiction. It was Lord of the Rings, Discworld, Harry Potter or Animorphs, and that's your lot.
Just listening to your SFF Addicts interview. Got a new subscriber.
Thanks!
This chat was so much fun! Such a classy (and chaotic) collection of authors. Congrats on the release Stephen!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I enjoyed seeing your respective takes on this series, which I consider a masterpiece of Fantasy. I know George RR Martin, Brandon Sanderson, Brian Lee Durfee, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, and Christopher Paolini have also heaped praise on MS&T. Krystle's take on Simon's excruciating long time in the tunnels "...and then we discover it's only been a couple of hours") was priceless! X)
Glad you enjoyed it.
Your formative reading mirrors a lot of my own - Brooks, Eddings, etc - but it was Donaldson’s “Lord Foul’s Bane” that was a bit too advanced for me at the time and I had to return it to my mother’s bookshelf. That is a very long lasting memory, when I struggle to recall my early reading journey.
Nice ^.^ library finally has The Judas Blossom so i've borrowed and started it! :D and that makes sense needing enough confidence to keep working but not so much you become a nuisance XD.
Hope you enjoy it!
@@StephenAryan44 so far so good! loving how the information and details are being revealed
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Thanks
Welcome
One of the single greatest books ever written. Definitely the War and Peace of fantasy!
It really is
Do you conduct interviews with authors from Asia and other regions? It would be really interesting to watch interviews with successful webnovel authors, gaining insights from their perspectives.
If they've written SFF novels in English, or have been translated into English, then I might do in the future. But I always pick people I want to chat to for my channel so don't take publisher requests as I've been approached several times.
So beautiful! Wow!
Thank you! 😊
I just randomly came across this video. Could someone fill me in on what a query package is?
When you are trying to get a literary agent and then get traditionally published, you send an agent a sample of the book. This is called a query package. It's a letter with a few chapters from the start. If they like what they read, they ask for the whole book.
@@StephenAryan44 Oh, I see. Interesting. I'm starting to get into writing, so maybe I'll have to do this one day lol. I'll keep this video in mind. Thank you for responding, as well!
Some people seem to rush their query package which just seems crazy to me!
I guess they just get excited and don't realise you only get one chance.
1. Run on sentences 2. Repetition 3. Duplicate words 4. Clunky dialogue 5. Incorrect tense use
That's right.
'not just being tense' 😊
Ha, yes! Just in case it wasn't clear 😄
Sent my pages off for a mentorship thing and I put a typo in the title ! 😱
Ha! 😆
Will we have the blood dimmed tide from TBB as well? The Judas blossom got me into the series and it’ll be great to have a matching set!
It's a maybe.
They're gorgeous! 🤩