M.L. Olmstead

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  • Updates on the Knights series

    It’s taken a long time to get here, but I can finally talk about what I have been up to with the Knights series. Many of you signed up for this newsletter in 2023 hoping to get information regarding the second book, so we will address that and more. When…

  • Inspiration for the Knights Series Part 3

    I’ll never forget my first time at the Utica Anime Fest when I was describing the The Knights Lost in the Void. I rambled on and on about the other world that the characters wake up in, and finally the person stops me and say, “So you wrote an Isekai?”…

  • Inspiration for the Knights series-Part 2

    Part 1 of this blog series was a little heavy, but now we get to have some fun. As I’ve mentioned countless times, the Shonen genre of anime is really my favorite type of storytelling. When I set off to write my own story, it wasn’t necessarily a one for…

  • The Inspiration for The Knights series-Part 1

    When I published The Knights: Lost in the Void back in 2023, there were a lot more questions in my mind than answers. What would make someone buy a book from a completely unknown author with no social media? If they did, would they be happy they bought it, or…

  • The first

    There is something truly special about the first time experiences in your life, and this process of becoming an author contains many firsts. In 2021, after twenty years of working on my manuscript, I finally self published The Knights: Lost in the Void. I was so excited to have a…

  • Social Media Updates

    It’s been a whirlwind the last few weeks, as I have attended four events in that time. My last booked event for the year is coming up this Sunday, November 16th at the Crowne Plaza. I’m planning separate posts for these events. The purpose of this post is to inform…

  • Book recommendations

    I’ve been asked alot lately about book suggestions particularly in fantasy, and the question actually made me ponder. As a fantasy author, I do love fantasy, but actually I have not read anything new in fantasy in a long time. Why? Well, it wasn’t a super conscious decision, but it…

  • Thank you!

    Thank you all who came to visit The Knights table at the Utica Anime Fest! I really enjoyed meeting with and talking to all of you. I plan to make a bigger post about the days events sometime later, but for now I just had to thank you for your…

  • The Knights Lost Stories update

    Hello everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know what is happening with the Knights series. The highly anticipated sequel to The Knights Lost in the Void, The Knights: Lost Stories, is completely written and edited. The final steps of making it into an actual book are happening as we…

  • Creativity in all forms

    Sometimes I need to break away from writing to create in different ways, and my sumo podcast 42 Opinions gave me that opportunity recently. Take a look at this music video tribute that I made for my favorite sumo wrestler, Takakeisho, forced to retire at just 28 because of a…