Dropping by to say hi, I just joined this wonderful website.

I live in Australia, as you probably guessed from the title. I have an international marriage and two wonderful kids...and very little free time.

I'm a history nut, read mostly sci-fi fiction, but fantasy such as 'The Lord of the Rings' still holds first place in my heart.

I just finished reading 'Emperor's Edge' which was a steampunk fantasy and quite a lot of fun. My fav authors are Tolkien and Alastair Reynolds. (And btw, I LOVE my new Kindle.)

I have written one YA Christian epic fantasy novel, which I put on Kindle recently. That took eight years and eight drafts, so I'm not looking at doing a sequel anytime soon.

I started writing my first novel in grade 6, and though I never finished it, I kept the story and the illustrations.

God bless
Peter

Oh, yay. Another Aussie.

Welcome aboard, Sir!

Greetings! Yes, kindles are awesome! Especially when you can find lots of awesome books for free on it. What's the name of your book? What's it about?

Whoopee! Another Aussie! How awesome! There's only three of us here. Welcome to HolyWorlds, good sir. So glad to have you on board here!

Welcome to Holy Worlds!

Greetings and welcome, Sir Peter! Aussie's are epic. Too bad I'm not one. *Coughs* Anywho! Welcome, and take a look around, and I hope you enjoy your stay here in our huge and somewhat insane writing house.

God bless,
Calista Beth

Thanks Lady Kitra. Always nice to run into another Aussie!

Welcome aboard, Peter! Though I suppose that greeting is more appropriate for sci-fi... but anyway! Welcome! Enjoy your stay, and make it a long one!

Hi Aratrea,

I bought the basic model Kindle. I wanted something like paper, not backlit, not like a PC or iPad screen. And it's amazing, even works in direct sunlight. My wife and kids were most amazed, and daughter wants one too. (She wants anything tech.) I've only had it a couple of months but have read about a dozen books on it, and yes, many of them freebies

My book is 'A Knight from Dein.' It is set on a parallel world with Earth, and focuses on a merchant-knight who comes to a nation styled after 15th century Europe. He soon offers his services to the king when it becomes apparent that the evil amalehqs are about to invade and destroy the country, and with it, the continent. 174,000 words!

If you'd like a free copy, let me know. (and, um, I'm hoping to get some Christians to review it on Amazon.)

Thanks BushMaid, three is an awesome number

Welcome to Holy Worlds, Peter! As you already may have noticed, we're quite glad to have another Aussie join us here. Please make yourself at home!



Coolness. Illustrations, eh? An artist and a writer?

Hello and greetings, Sir Peter from Australia. We're glad to have you. Now the maids from down under won't feel so lonely.

Your book sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out.

Hello, welcome to Holy Worlds! You're quite at home among a huge number of Tolkien fans here.

Blessings!

*ears prick up*

Free book? I don't suppose it's free in paper? *can only read on paper*

Thanks Jonathan, Calista, Lord Tarin, and Lady Amaris, a suitable greeting to anyone boarding a medieval carrak.

Lady Nicole, here's the link to a map I drew free hand back when I started the novel.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fPA-45C_ttM/ULqIu8g0TsI/AAAAAAAAACc/s8cKrnhonW8/s1600/eradean+continent+-+Copy.jpg

Lady Kitra, if only paper could only be sent electronically...

Welcome, Peter! I'm liking your blog. So glad you joined.

That map is awesome.

Did someone say free book? ô¸ô

Wow. Nice map.

Welcome to Holy Worlds, Peter!

Fantastic map!

Thanks, I used an extremely fine pen!

And ah, yes, I'm happy to give out free pdf copies of the book to anyone, and a limited number of Kindle versions to those who can't/don't want to read a pdf. Just buzz me a PM...

Welcome to Holy Worlds, Sir Peter! It's nice to have you here! *Hops away to go poke about your blog*

When I saw the post title, I thought, "Yay, another Australian!"

Then you started slathering on the layers of coolness:
You're married (cool),
You've already finished and published a book (cool),
and you've drawn an amazing, professional looking map, FREEHAND! (Epic.)

So, yes, you're cool enough for Holy Worlds. Have some muffins! You like muffins? They're blueberry.

Wow. That's an awesome map, Peter! I'm sure that was quite a project. My brothers draws maps, so I've seen how much work they can be!

Thanks Ophelia

I'll have to pop a excerpt of the book on the blog soon too.

I absolutely l.o.v.e. blueberry muffins.

And, doshite anata no namae wa, Ninho-go desu?

God bless
Peter

Thanks Lady Nicole, it sure was. Done with a 0.1 pen on special tracing/drawing paper. The shades on the second map was done with pencil.

God bless
Peter

Welcome to Holy Worlds, Peter! Another Aussie, yay! *is the other Aussie, and the sister of the other Aussie Maid*
I really like your map. I tried drawing one once, it didn't turn out that great though.
Hope you like pie. *hands Peter a piece of apple pie*

Nice to meet you DairyMaid,

I think I'm becoming virtually overweight with all these virtual treats you Holy Worlders are offering me lol

We can't let that happen! *hands Peter a coleslaw salad*

Well, I'm glad you enjoy them and...what?

Dear Aemi,
Step 1
Please go to google. Type in 'google translate' and paste in what I wrote.

Step 2
Please answer the question - I'm curious to your answer.

God bless
Peter

Wow! A 0.1 pen? Those are tiny! The effort was worth it though--your map looks great!

Dear Aemi,

Sorry, I tried it on google translate myself and it thought it was Portuguese?!

"doshite anata no namae wa, Ninho-go desu" is Japanese for - "Why is your HolyWorlds name Japanese?"

LOL

Peter

Thanks

Oh, right! *couldn't help but look it up on GT, then didn't understand it when she did *

Look, another Australian!

Nice to meet you, Peter. *shakes hand *

Ohhhh, okay. Heehee. Well, my name is in Japanese because, after playing with Google Translate for a while, I found a name that both sounded cool and had a cool meaning. I'm not Japanese at all. It just sounds cool.

Ah ha. Well, you see, I speak a little Japanese 'cause my wife is from Japan.

Okay...that is another layer of coolness.