“Into the DeadLands” is Alive. The Blood of the Fae Arc is Complete!

A breezy green forest lies above a magma hellscape, with all the books from the Blood of the Fae fantasy series lying between the two extremes. Several five star reviews are quoted: Edge of your seat action. A Brilliant Read. Will have you entranced.

In a time of darkness and despair Ruby and her friends must find a way to fight Hades’ tryanny — before all the worlds fall to his rule... Yes, into the DeadLands is live today! Check out the Into the DeadLands preview below - or keep reading below that, to find out more about the …

2 days to go before you can enter “Into the DeadLands”… the countdown rushes by …

A wood nymph emerging from a tree. With the purple cover of the Into the DeadLands book featuring a a green rose and Ruby's sword. 2 Days ... In a time of darkness and despair Ruby and her friends must find a way to fight Hades’ tryanny — before all the worlds fall to his rule

In a time of darkness and despair Ruby and her friends must find a way to fight Hades’ tryanny — before all the worlds fall to his rule... books2read.com/IntoTheDeadlands Check out the Into the DeadLands sneak Preview here: https://ponderbooks.com/sneak-peek-into-the-deadlands-book-5-of-blood-of-the-fae/ Have fun reading! 🙂 A.J. Ponder

3 days to go before you can enter “Into the DeadLands!”

3 Days ... Before the world-shattering conclusion of this epic mythological portal fantasy with a forest in the background and the into the deadlands cover

Yes, the last book in the Blood of the Fae series is almost live! If you've been following the adventure, preorder your copy now. At nearly 100,000 words this story nearly broke me, it's truly an epic mythological portal fantasy, and there is no chosen one...just people determined to save the worlds from a tyrant. …

2026 Writing Goals & All the Best for the New Year

2026 Goals with A J Ponder yellow-gold, red and blue logo

Happy New Year Do you have your goals all lined up? I'd love to hear them. Art (and books) to create? Books to read? Special jobs. Exciting new opportunities? Let me know in the comments. So my big goals for 2026 🥁🥁🥁 It's a long list, but much is partly completed, I just have to …

2025 Writing Goals (mostly writing goals)

I've almost always sworn off New Year's resolutions. If I want to do something why wait until the New Year? But a New Year is a chance to revisit goals. And this year was all about writing. Two books—when I can usually manage only one a year! But before I tell all, did you make …

Te Pae Tawhiti Convenor

A.J. Ponder holding a styalised book wrapped in tentacles and held up by waka prow with a lovely starry night sky in the background and titled "Te Pae Tawhiti - meet our team"

Hey, sorry there've been so few posts this year. One of the reasons is my involvement with the Te Pae Tawhiti Awards. (The other is I'm flat out finishing two interconnected series) But I just had to stop by and say I'm so excited to be part of its inaugural year as we celebrate the …