Publishers Weekly just putting my business out there…

Seriously you can imagine, I’ve been (barely) sitting on this news. I’m so excited about this! I wouldn’t be here without my community. Supported by, humbled by, and loved by them. Now we head into space. We claim all the stars!

Special thanks to Jen Udden and looking forward to working with Diana M Pho and Will Hinton.

[Photo by Dennis Pharoah Green II; gear by Napornothing]

Uncle Jam wants you to (steam)funk with  me!!!

[UPDATED: Now you can go read the first chapter!]

Preorders for Maurice Broaddus’s steamfunk adventure Pimp My Airship are open now! The book will be released May 21, 2019.

Warning:  Don’t Believe the Hype!

All the poet called Sleepy wants to do is spit his verses, smoke chiba, and stay off the COP’s radar—all of which becomes impossible once he encounters a professional protestor known as (120 Degrees of) Knowledge Allah. They soon find themselves on the wrong side of local authorities and have to elude the powers that be.

When young heiress Sophine Jefferson’s father is murdered, the careful life she’d been constructing for herself tumbles around her. She’s quickly drawn into a web of intrigue, politics and airships, joining with Sleepy and Knowledge Allah in a fight for their freedom. Chased from one end of a retro-fitted Indianapolis to the other, they encounter outlaws, the occasional circus, possibly a medium, and more outlaws. They find themselves in a battle much larger than they imagined: a battle for control of the country and the soul of their people.

The revolution will not be televised!

Preorder your copy of Pimp My Airship today and save 20% off the print edition by ordering directly through Apex! Use discount code PIMPSHIP at check out to save! Plus, all preordered print editions will be signed by author Maurice Broaddus!

Need more Maurice? (Who doesn’t?) Exclusive to the Pimp My Airship preorder period, Apex is offering a Broaddus Bundle for only $50! Get all five Apex titles that Maurice Broaddus has either written or edited in print, signed by Maurice! That’s Pimp My Airship, I Can Transform You, Dark Faith (co-edited with Jerry Gordon), Dark Faith: Invocations (co-edited with Jerry Gordon), and Orgy of Souls (co-written with Wrath James White) for $50!

The eBook edition can be preordered through Kindle, Kobo, and Google Play. It will be available soon for Nook and iBooks.

Don’t miss out on this exciting new steamfunk adventure from Maurice Broaddus! It is an action-packed romp through a retro-fitted Indianapolis that you will not want to miss!

Cover art by Godwin Akpan.
Cover design by Mikio Murakami
Release date: May 21, 2019

“Imagine playing Fortnite from the inside…and for the fate of the world.” – Marco Palmieri

[Update: Click here for a preview!]

Serial Box presents … Alternis (Created by Andrea Phillips)

A LitRPG serial perfect for fans of Ready Player One and Tron. She created the game that will decide the fate of the world . . . and she’s stuck inside it.A video game designer finds out that the game she created is the seed for an ambitious top-secret project to keep the world from plunging into war—and Team USA wants her on board.

Tandy Kahananui is at her best when she’s fighting monsters and exploring dungeons — in Alternis, the video game that she’s making. Then she discovers that somehow, someone’s stolen her game. But it’s not pirates trying to make a buck. Alternis is the seed for an ambitious top-secret project to keep the world from plunging into war. And Team USA wants her on board. It’s not just a game anymore. The fate of the world is in her hands. Can she help Team USA hold its own? Can she even survive?

AUTHORS

Maurice Broaddus

Andrea Phillips

Jacqueline Koyanagi

E.C. Myers

When a gun is found near their school, seventh-grade pranksters Thelonius Mitchell and his best friend, Nehemiah Caldwell, must work together to solve the mystery before being blamed for something they didn’t do.

Readers will love watching these two uniquely gifted black boys explore the complicated tensions between impulses and choices, independence and support, turnin’ up and getting through.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE!

Just Keep Writing – Episode 3 – The Maurice Effect

This week, Marshall and Nick discuss the February challenge and usher in a new topic for the month of March: Dialogue. Maurice Broaddus joins Marshall and Nick this week to talk about to best use of time while working a day job and how effective dialogue can do for the reader. Maurice also talks about the in-depth research he did for his series “Knights of Breton Court.”

Topic of the Month: Dialogue

This Month’s Challenge: Take a scene from your current Work In Progress (WIP) and rewrite a scene with dialogue. When you rewrite this dialogue, do with it without dialogue tags. Look to make your characters distinguished from one another but there mannerisms and unique traits. Add dialogue tags later as necessary.

Episode 3 – The Maurice Effect

Maurice Broaddus – The Horror Show with Brian Keene – Ep 120 [NOW ON YOUTUBE]

In what may be our greatest episode yet, Maurice Broaddus sits down with Brian Keene, Dave Thomas, Mary SanGiovanni, and Phoebe to discuss ghost-writing for celebrities, reconciling religion and faith with genre writing, being a trailblazer for writers of color, his friendships with Wrath James White and Chesya Burke, and much more. Then, his co-editor Jerry Gordon joins the discussion to talk about the art of crafting the perfect anthology, and Maurice’s son reveals an embarrassing story about his father.