Janny Wurts
@jannywurts
Fantasy author/illustrator, Wars of Light and Shadow series.
At halfway point on the beta-read version of The Guardian, into the thick of the twist at center. Here the refinement slides over the line into polish, after feedback. Not read The Gallant? (prequel 100 years earlier) Catch up with Verrain's story. No spoilers for the main series: audio and ebook.
Wars of Light and Shadow short fiction that expands significant historical events, and prints: Exclusively available at the Paravia Studio Shop.
Let's go book people, pitch in and demolish Peter Orullian's family's medical debt:
Let the celebration begin, WARHOST OF VASTMARK is now released in Audiobook format with the spectacular COLIN MACE narrating! The race is ON to get the rest of the series into production - let's GO!
Warhost of Vastmark audiobook (volume 3 in the Wars of LIght and Shadow) releases TOMORROW, are you ready for it?
Wars of Light and Shadow in Audiobook: you can now listen to Colin Mace narrate the first three volumes/available from your favorite outlet. (Warhost on Pre-order, coming March 19th) - let's tip the scales and get the rest in production:
Looking for a novella, a love story, a character galvanized through a momentous change? Prequel to Wars of Light and Shadow and a nice intro before the AUDIO RELEASE of the next two books in the series. Also available in e book format and cheaper than a fancy coffee. Let's Go!
Merry Christmas Eve! And may your 2026 bring you joy, wonder, great books, and surprises that sparkle!
“A bad king revels in his importance. A good one hates his office. He spends himself into infirmity quashing deadly little plots to make power the tool of the greedy.”
Kobo has Master of Whitestorm e book on SALE TODAY, USA $1.99, CA $2.99. Sword and Sorcery tale of the making of a legendary hero.
Hit the halfway point on the second pass to smooth over the slash and burn edit phase of The Guardian. If you have not read the first novella/Verrain's story/The Gallant, plenty of time to catch up. I work the old fashioned way - largely hand marking over draft copy.
Today at 4 PM Eastern time, going live for Page Chewing group's discussion of the finale chapters of Song of the Mysteries - join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmGb...
it is #Caturday and #socktober and we finally got the long awaited seasonal temperature change.
Also, you would go NUTS over my thoroughbred (now retired at 32!!) - She's a great granddaughter of Buckpasser /sire side, and Northern Dancer/ dam side. What would FLOOR you: she's a CARBON COPY, one hand shorter, than Buckpasser. I got chills when I bought her straight off the track.
New Release! The Gallant, a Wars of Light and Shadow novella, is now available in audiobook format narrated by Zachary Shaye Jennings. The audiobook (and original e-book format) are available exclusively in the Studio Shop: shop.paravia.com/janny-wurts/...
Happy #caturday! Arriken bonding with Brynli, and Arriken on the murder of cat towers.
Happy Caturday! Arriken, gained 2 pounds of growth since he came to us (blink and you miss it!)
YES! A nautical fantasy titled Sailing the Whirlwind, on submission. Sequel to Wars of Light and Shadow novella, The Gallant, titled The Guardian draft is halfway through slash and burn edit. And a short story prequel to Sailing the Whirlwind coming in Unbroken, helping P. Orullian's medical debt:
Need a navigation sheet to provide reading order, and overview of the Wars of Light and Shadow Arc structure? (Link is for PDF download) www.paravia.com/JannyWurts/f...
Happy Caturday! Arriken is officially on the loose at 4 months old, and here's his elder Talisman, caught in the bag.
This is Stardust, feral mother cat, rescued from being dumped into a kill shelter in Dec 12 years ago. Gone from us two weeks ago. We grieve, and we never leave a vacancy. Her loss gave is Arriken.
Brynli, stealing the my chair, she has no idea what's about to hit her. (Ware Arriken!)
Vet check A-OK. Guess who's getting out of quarantine. Already gained a pound. Arriken will own the house very soon.