Coming Soon… Dead Out of Time Dead Out of Time – Winter 1978. From his teens Allan Francis always stood in a doorway between the living and something else. Now his dead jailbird brother Kev haunts him day and night, blaming him for what happened. Wanting answers, Allan returns to Adaminaby, a little town […]
Earth’s Secret WINS 1st place Announced June 8, 2013, book one of Yuan Jur’s foundation trilogy for the Citadel 7 series called Earth’s Secret has won 1 st place in the American Chanticleer Cygnus Blue Ribbon Book Awards 2013. This is the next step in the amazing evolution of the next biggest title in Science
California Trip 2013 Traveling to California U.S.A (from Australia) to showcase Citadel 7’s sci fi novel series potential for publication was an adventure in its own right. Having the opportunity to meet some of the best talented new authors in America and top professionals looking to help them be noticed and get published, was a
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Citadel 7 goes to California In recent posts announcements of Yuan Jur and the Citadel 7 series being showcased in an exclusive conference at Niagara Falls Canada was announced. Since that time the conference has evolved and been relocated in California U.S.A where the latest best potential in unpublished fiction and literature will showcase their
Citadel 7 Worlds Citadel 7 worlds for my characters’ foundation and their story I use Joseph Campbell’s 12 steps and an eagle’s view to bring everything to life. In constructing the worlds for my characters I first consider the comparison of what is ordinary for them and what is alien to them. My superverse traverses
Character Latest Profiles To bring characters to life they have be vivid, so vivid the reader or viewer feels they can feel them and if it were possible approach and talk to each one. For that reason I go to great lengths to be able to have the readable real lives of each character brought
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Final draft & beyond Final draft & beyond – I write epics of a vast superverse involving complex and fully developed races in both macro and micro culture. My worlds seamlessly traverse mortal and ethereal boundaries, which have their own politics, personalities, heroes and serious bad guys. The plots and story lines interlace just like
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Yuan Jur’s Blog on Writing… Aim is to lay down some thoughts on the art of storytelling as told using written words in invoke and open the vast reserves of imagination we all have. Artists who use a brush or indeed theses days a tablet are not so different from the imagineer who paints with
Earth’s Secret Makes Top 10 Finalist List Chanticleer Cygnus Awards This News Event highlights 2 significant achievements in the an exciting evolution for the Citadel 7 project. The Chanticleer Cygnus Awards 2013 – announced Finalists recently in Sci-Fi, Steampunk, Paranormal, Mythological, & Fantasy. The Cygnus Awards recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the
Year of Water Dragon The fifth year of the Citadel 7 S/F series development ended with a finished edited version of Yuan Jur’s Citadel Seven Earth’s Secret and copy edited version of book 2 Allies in Anarchy. The final editing process for Allies in Anarchy is expected to be finished early 2013. The first two
Fantasy is not just for children… For me, freedom to live in the fantastic is what fantasy stories are all about. They are places where readers of all ages get to play. Stories of any fantasy genre should in some way mirror the fantastic aspirations of the reader. As the author, I see each story
Citadel 7’s Author Progress Citadel 7’s Author Progress by Citadel 7 author Yuan Jur. Well, this post has been a coming for a while. Writing of imaginary worlds and spaces that inspire people in the real world to want to explore every corner of them is a daunting task. Particularly, if it’s over many volumes,
Dead Out of Time - Winter 1978. From his teens Allan Francis always stood in a doorway between the living and something else. Now his dead jailbird brother Kev haunts him day and night, blaming him for what happened.
Wanting answers, Allan returns to Adaminaby, a little town from his youth in the Australian Snowy Mountains High Country. It’s a place where mysterious deaths and missing persons go unnoticed by all outsiders.
An urban legend warns; Never have the misfortune to get lost on your way, for if the sandman finds you, you’ll never see another sunny day. To find the answers he seeks, Allan steps into a macabre struggle across two worlds. It’s a fight that threatens his very existence, and the lives of many stranded in a town beyond time.