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Tag: the warrior from monde

  • Update on S.N. Petro’s Book Series

    Why is The Warrior’s Seed no longer on Wattpad? What’s up with the S.N. Petro series? Who is S.N. Petro? The video below has all the answers, and just might be the most boring video you’ll watch all 2016. Believe me, I tried to redo this video many times. This is the best I could do →

  • My Newest Query Letter Version

    I’ve been grinding away at my query letter for over a year, but more intensely over the past month. I think I’ve achieved the goal of giving a general idea of the story, while managing to sprinkle some life into the sentences. I’m not really sure, but I hope so. Read on. The Warrior from Monde, complete →

  • My Query Letter Evolution

    I’m going to make this brief. I enjoy writing books, but over the years I’ve learned to hate blogging. That aside, this post is about my query letter struggles. I’ve been working on a query letter for my novel The Warrior from Monde for about a year. I’ve purchased books on how to write a query and joined →

  • Audio Interview – The Warrior from Monde (Vanguardian)

      Host James Flannigan interviews author Sylvia Petro, pen name The Clerk, about how she came up with the plot for her speculative historical science fiction novel The Warrior from Monde (now titled Vanguardian). We also discuss my tips for other first-time writers. Now available online and at bookstores. Original recording date: September 9, 2015 →

  • Fresh Link to Free Chapters – WFM

    This post is now outdated. The Warrior from Monde is now named Vanguardian and published on July 11, 2025. Some changes were made to the story. The most notable changes from the excerpt below are: Fabien is now a Duke and his last name is de Vistré, not Chevalier, and Rima’s name has been changed →

  • Why Vanguardian?

    Why Vanguardian? What motivated me to write this story? NOTE: After completing the first draft in 2014, I named the book The Warrior from Monde. Since then, the title has gone through a few changes (The Warrior’s Seed, circa 2016). I finally settled on Vanguardian around 2020. Available online and at bookstores. For this post, I →

  • Inspirational Lyrics

    Funny how of all things, a Slipknot song aided me in writing a serious science fiction novel like The Warrior from Monde. The bolded lines of the Slipknot lyrics below, helped me understand Fabien’s frame of mind when he first encounters, Lucian’s mother, Rima. He struggles to understand why he’s driven to help her and why he →