Website Update
7/29/09
My newest book, So You Want to Write a Fantasy Novel is now available for purchase. It is $11.99 and more information can be found on the page entitled "bookstore"
"So You Want to Write a Fantasy Novel" BY SHANE MADDON Have you ever wanted to write a fantasy novel, but didn't know where to begin?? This book was written for writers looking to write better fantasy fiction. If you are a new writer or a published author this book will teach you the tools needed to write a best seller. You Will Learn -Magick -How to build your own kingdom -Learn about magickal creatures -Grammar and Punctuation -Writing Tips -How to publish your novel -Character Deisn and Much Much More!! Now Available For $11.99 __________________________________________________________ Prelude To Destiny Book one of "The Enchanted" series. ( Now Available For Sale) Only $15.99 Available now at Amazon.com and coming soon to many fine bookstores near you. “And a child will be born to the land, blessed by the goddess herself, and there will be peace in the lands for seven hundred years” Prophecy 29774 of the Drak’ka Miriam is an orphan, and the oldest student living at Bronwyn, Academy for Young Mages. After giving up hope on ever being chosen for an apprenticeship in the land, she begins working at the schools massive library, and stumbles upon an unusual book of enchantments. With nothing better to do, she begins to practice the complicated spells, including the enchantment to create a Crow out of Magick. Leon is an orphan, working in the Water Temple, in the beautiful snow covered city of Syuk. After discovering a secret passage to an ancient library, he spends his free time exploring its odd passages and inscriptions. After a chance meeting between the two of them, they end up on a danger filled trek across the ocean where an evil god isplanning the destruction of mankind, where Miriam is left with the decision to save the life of her best friend, or the town where she was born. __________________________________________________________ A Texan Summer ( Available Now For Sale ) $12.97 UK users, click here to purchase. Matt was about to have the best summer of his life, before his mother decided to send him to Texas to spend some well needed time with his father Charlie. As Matt leaves all of his friends behind and moves across country, he is faced with a struggle to hide the truth about his sexuality from his father. Matt is determined to make the worst, but after meeting Tanner, the cute and hardworking cowboy from the ranch next door, he decides that spending the summer there might not be as bad as he thought. *** Tanner never exptected to have an exciting summer, but after meeting Matt, the eccentric and well dressed city kid from Seattle, he finds that his summer may be more complicated than planned. As his feelings for Matt grow, their worlds entwine in a moving tale of understanding and self-growth. "A Texan Summer is a romantic, and fun filled journey that really made me smile. I cannot wait to let my friends read it. - Heather Flores "A Texan Summer, by Shane Maddon was a really cute book. I purchased it for my daughter, but quickly fell in love with it myself. - Tambi Newton "It's short, to the point, and kept me gripped througout the entire book. Im hoping there is a sequel. - Kristal Holman _________________________________________________________ ~~REVIEWS~~ Shane Maddon’s “Prelude to Destiny” not only captured my attention from the first chapter, but compelled me to read it to the end. Now that I am done, I will miss my friends Miriam and Leon. Mr. Maddon has a grand imagination for fantasy. Keep writing, I’m waiting. -Ann Halstead- Author of "The Compound" **********COMING SOON ********** Residence of Darkness (Complete. I am re-writing/editing the manuscript and then I will be starting publication process. ) Alex knew he was going to hate moving to Vermont, what he didn't k now was that he was going to die there. After accidentally killing his father in a car accident, 16 year old Alex Fletcher and his mother flee to Vermont. As they begin to put together the pieces of thier life, Alex discovers the scary stories to keep children out of the woods....may be true. A jealous vampire is on the hunt. In order for Alex to save the lives of the ones he loves most...he will have to give up his own. _________________________________________________________________________ "Like Father Like Son" ( In the Works ) The hilarious comedy about a dad raising a gay teenage son, and facing the struggles of fatherhood. Crystal poked me in ribs, ruining the significant moment that I was having with myself. "Your not day-dreaming about him again are you?" "Of course i'm not," I lied."I was thinking about my class schedule." She looked at me for a moment, before rolling her eyes. "This is going to be a stressful school year, I can feel it already." _____________________________________________ Sense of Illusion "What you see, isn't always what you get" (in the works) 
