Snow Quill Press

Snow Quill Press

a Maine-Based micro-publisher

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    • Ka-Yee Essoe, Ph.D.
    • Joshua Essoe, Editor
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Snow Quill PresS Presents

The Unnamed Archives

By Ka-Yee Essoe (劉家宜)

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Shazzwick of Land, Vol 1: Time Becomes Relevant

Born with a coveted magic, Magnolia goes into hiding after her mother’s violent abduction. Shazzwick of Land promises to help find her. One with the land, Shazz is of a people so rare most believe they are but myth. He is Unnamed. And for the first time, he has something to lose.
War is spreading.
Magnolia alone has the magic to defeat the sorceress-warlord who shattered her family and corrupted the powerful Dayus of Land.
Can Shazz keep his mortal love alive as she confronts the warmongering sorceress?

Time Becomes Relevant is the first in an epic fantasy trilogy told through the lens of a love story, written in a hopeful tone and the soaring mood of Chinese immortal fantasy (xianxia). Set in a multicultural world, this is a tale of geopolitics, intrigue, complex familial dynamics, elemental versus death magic, found family and deep friendships that bridge cultures, races, and time.

Available now in Trade Paperback, eBook, and Audiobook on Kickstarter!

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Status
  • Trilogy Overall: Art director and cover illustrator recruited, covers in drafting stage. Narrator contracted.
  • Vol. 1, Time Becomes Relevant
    • Manuscript finalised Jan. 2026.
    • Audiobook production begins Jan. 2026.
    • Kickstarter: Feb. 6 – Mar. 8, 2026.
  • Vol. 2, A Mage Stolen
    • In revision after developmental edit, 95% completed.
    • Round 2 of developmental editing scheduled for Q1 of 2026.
  • Vol. 3, Mortality beckons
    • Post-developmental edit revisions at 40%, planned and outlined the rest.
    • Developmental edit scheduled for Q2 of 2026.
Team
  • Author: Ka-Yee Essoe, kessoe.com
  • Developmental Editor, Muse, Mentor: Joshua Essoe, Editor
  • Line/Copy Editor: Casey Beck
  • Art Director, Publication Designer: Jessica Kao, Soft Humans
  • Cover Artist: Merilliza Chan, Merilliza Art & Illustration
  • Audiobook Narrator: Aaron Fors, AaronFors.com
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Snow Quill Press: Essopedia

Essoe’s Guides to Writing

By Joshua Essoe

Special-edition writing guides by Joshua Essoe, each examining two subjects of the most-common issues he sees as a fiction editor since 2010.

Joshua’s Bookstore will be relocated here soon!

Snow Quill Press
  • Authors
    • Ka-Yee Essoe, Ph.D.
    • Joshua Essoe, Editor
  • Books
  • Contact Us

Snow Quill Press


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