Category Archives: Writing Reference Books

Happy International Tabletop Day 2022!

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Steven

Celebrated on the first Saturday in June, International Tabletop Day is an annual event celebrating tabletop and board games of all sorts, launched in 2013 by creator Boyan Radakovich and originally hosted on actress (and gamer) Felicia Day’s Geek & Sundry … Continue reading →

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SWC Titles Available Through E-book Distributor Draft2Digital

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Steven

Back in March, e-book distributor Smashwords announced it had been acquired by its closest competitor, Draft2Digital, an equally successful e-tailer that, unlike Smashwords, is able to place its offered titles on Amazon. (SWC’s e-books, in case you’re unaware, have always been available … Continue reading →

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Terra Incognito Is DriveThru Fiction’s Deal of the Day!

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Steven

Over at the site of e-book distributor DriveThru Fiction, the spotlight is often shone on books that management believes should get more attention, and they do it by offering them as a Deal of the Day, in which an e-book is made … Continue reading →

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Are You a Librarian? Do You Like Quality E-books? Then Read On!

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Steven

With this past Saturday having been the annual celebration of Take Your Child to the Library Day, I’m always reminded of a conversation I once had with Richard C. White, author of SWC’s fantasy-adventure titles For a Few Gold Pieces More and Harbinger … Continue reading →

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The Best of 2021: Readers’ Favorites

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Steven

Even with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic complicating our lives (or maybe because of it!), if there was one comfort that people could turn to in these troubling times, it was reading. Fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, science fiction—no … Continue reading →

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Welcome to StarWarp Concepts!

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Steven

In case you’re wondering who we are, StarWarp Concepts is a publisher of dark-fantasy and fantasy novels, comic books, and graphic novels that are available for sale in brick-and-mortar stores and through select online booksellers and distributors (as well as our … Continue reading →

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Teach Your Kids to Game with Terra Incognito

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Steven

The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and with it comes the annual “Teach Your Kids to Game” Holiday Sale at e-book gaming retailer DriveThru RPG. From now until the end of the year, DTRPG and its sister site Dungeon … Continue reading →

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It’s National Novel Writing Month 2021!

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Steven

Halloween’s over for this year, in the U.S. we’re gearing up to turn the clocks back an hour as Daylight Savings Time ends on November 7, and the chill of fall is fully upon us. And with that comes the … Continue reading →

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DriveThru’s Christmas in July 2021 Sale Brings a Pleasant Chill to Summer

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Steven

Can you hear those jingle bells ringing? In the mood for some hot chocolate? Wishing the summer breezes blew just a little bit colder? If so, then you’re in the perfect frame of mind for that special time of year … Continue reading →

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Richard C. White’s Terra Incognito: Now in Hardcover!

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Steven

So, last month I received a promotional email from SWC’s wholesale distributor, Ingram Content Group—we’re one of their print-on-demand accounts who use their printing division, Lightning Source—that had an intriguing limited-time offer: They’d noticed we had a book that sold … Continue reading →

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