
Amára fanart
Amazing fan art of the character Amára Rivernova, Kassi's cousin and best friend. Artist: Anna Tabalan.

New Technology on Paradise!
With my world taking place in the year 2132 AD, I spent a lot of time studying up on futurist predictions, meeting with brilliant...


2nd Edition coming soon!
We received a very helpful review on Amazon pointing out the number of typos in the manuscript. For some reason, I thought these had...


28 Years in the Making
The Paradise Planets is the culmination of all my efforts over the past 28 years. When I was 15, I set out to make something of my music....


The Siren Games, similar to the Olympic Games
After reading a few reviewers compare The Siren Games in The Paradise Planets to the Hunger Games, I thought I would take a moment to...


World Building
Shaun Barrowes discusses world building for The Paradise Planets


Raving Reviews from New Readers!
The book has now been out for a month, and reviews are coming in from new readers. I'm extremely grateful to all of these readers who...


20 Minutes of Music
I have a routine before I start writing: 20 minutes of music. It's hard to carve this much time to just listening to music, but it...


Nemalís Birth Song
A Nemalís birth song is a song parents give their children at birth and teach it to their communities. When a new baby is born, the...

Slang & Vernacular of The Paradise Planets
With the book taking place over a hundred years in the future, I felt it was only natural that people would be using much different slang...