M. S. Butler started writing poems at a very young age, being inspired by his mother's love of literature. His mother read to him every night from the classics of western mythology. He fell in love with fairy tales immediately and they have been a lasting influence on his work ever since.
He grew up in West Chester, Ohio and filled his days looking for the Loveland Frogman, fairies, and ghosts. He continued to love the supernatural well into his teens and voraciously absorbed anything remotely relating to it from novels, to movies, to nonfiction books, etc.
Once in college his interests turned more toward the scientific. He majored in Environmental Science at Ohio University, Computer Science at Cincinnati State, and Political Science at the University of Cincinnati. After struggling to find a job that felt fulfilling he had an epiphany while reading an old journal. He remembered how much he loved creating stories and decided to focus all his efforts on becoming an author.
Since then he has written several short stories, one of which,
Footsteps in the Darkness, is currently being considered for the Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize. He is currently hard at work on Abyssal Tides, his debut novel.
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Hey fantasy fans,
The pre-order campaign is over! Thank you to every one who pre-ordered, we were able to get three publishers interested in the novel which is way more than I could have hoped for!
Below is a tentative schedule for the completion of the novel. Every pre-order will be emailed and shipped to the address you provided in time for Christmas!
Special thank you to Casey J O Miller, Jake Miller, and Rob Landrum for their help with the campaign. Casey is the amazing photographer responsible for the silhouettes, book cover, and author photo, check out his work at caseymillerphoto.com and facebook.com/cmillerphoto . Casey also starred in the "Who is the Fallen One" video alongside Jake, myself, and Madison. Rob has been invaluable by spreading the word about the campaign on his Facebook page and was one of the first people to pre-order. Thanks again you guys!
Obviously none of this would have been possible without my wonderful, supportive, and beautiful fiancee, Madison Brooke Fontenot-Rice. I love you Blarbs!
Check out msbutler.org to get weekly updates on the progress, the first and second chapters will soon be posted.
Thank you again for all the support and don't forget to check out msbutler.org for an exclusive look at the third chapter now!
- M. S. Butler
Completion Timeline
September 13th, 2016 - First Draft Completion Date
September 27th, 2016 - Fall Back First Draft Completion Date
December 13th, 2016 - Final Draft Completion Date
December 21st, 2016 - Fall Back Final Draft Completion Date