By D. H. Aire Malachite Quills published my first novel, Highmage's Plight, in 2012. It was the first book of a series I had been writing and re-writing for two decades. I had serialized the novel beginning late in 2010 through 2011 in an ezine, where I began building an audience. When I submitted my manuscript to Malachite Quills at the end of 2011, I think that exposure gained my submission a bit more attention. The problem was I did not have a big enough fan base to make a big splash [...]
