Announcing Sins for Sale
Merry Christmas from Ishethra, your new mob boss, here to announce Sins for Sale: a Bane War Prelude. As I got into Called to Serve and its backstory and flashbacks, I realized there was an entire story that needed to …
Author: Jeffer Nightwind
Software engineer and author
Cosmic Tic-Tac-Toe
Note the cosmic balance. And the five empty locations. As the series progresses, I promise, each slot will get filled in, ideally in the most shocking way possible. I’m currently chugging along on Called to Serve, now working on chapter …
Announcing Called to Serve, Bane War Vol. II
It’s my pleasure to announce the second book in the Bane War Series: Called to Serve. Inspired by Avengers, Ukraine, and the Witcher, you’ll follow Ishethra’s and Tariq’s courtship, their daughter Saffa Nightwind (she’s on the cover) and her Institute …
🍀Trickster Trysting Published🍀
When I first started the Bane War series, I knew Alonka and Dragan had to have their own story. With the help of Allison, my editor, along with Hannah and Natalia, my beta readers, the book is ready for prime …
I F*cked up my Shoulder
Silver lining? Now I can write exquisite prose about the sensation of injury in real-time because I’m pretty sure my shoulder ligaments are hanging by threads, all cartilage long gone. Jeff sat at his computer, hesitant to take a selfie …
Happy Fourth of July Book Updates!
With Trickster Trysting, Bane War Vol. II in beta reading stage, I wanted to share updates. First, Fury Feeding got great feedback from a Netgalley promotion I did a few months ago. Readers liked the concept overall, but shared three …
Automating Drop Caps in Microsoft Word (and Other Fun Scripts)
Have you ever gone through, chapter by chapter, and painstakingly added drop caps to your novel? Well, that ends today. I’m originally a software engineer by trade, turned dark fantasy writer, so here’s a little script I made to create …
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My Inspiration For Bane War
On February, 24th, 2022, russia invaded Ukraine without provocation. But too often people forget, russia annexed Crimea in February-March of 2014. Russia’s war against Ukraine has lasted ten years, with no signs of ending. Daily, they murder civilians and kidnap …
Amazon’s Exorbitant Kindle Delivery Fees
Amazon charges a whopping 0.15 USD per megabyte delivered (converted from British pounds in Amazon’s example). When I first read this, I thought it meant gigabyte, but no … it’s megabyte. Imagine having to pay 15 cents everytime you downloaded …
My Program for Creating a Book Cover
Update! I made this into an easy to use web page. Try out the book cover creator here! I spent an entire day fiddling with images, positioning them pixel perfect and finally got fed up, so I made a tool …