Nate Wagner
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Wagner is also a Navy veteran who spent most of his professional career in marketing and advertising –– but is now a day job consultant and side hustle indie author. Wagner is a child of the 70s with an overactive imagination, and credits this to his affinity for entertaining novels and matinee movies. He grew up with a single mom and often had to be entertained with the limited options on TV, rea
02/13/2026
Any fans of Substack out there? As an author, or so I've heard, it's a great platform to connect with readers and email subscribers ... along with every other platform out there!? But the price is right, and it seems easy enough to post content –– so please look me up if you're a subscriber.
Love, and the Reluctant Hero The story of Kane León.
01/14/2026
To all my fans, readers, and fellow authors... you can also find me on Substack:
Nate Wagner | Substack Author of The Samurai Cowboys trilogy, the award-winning series and blended-genre adventure.
11/24/2025
Thankful for You this Holiday Season -
Thankful for You this Holiday Season As a new indie author, everything I didn't know far exceeded whatever I had assumed or thought I knew about writing novels. To be honest, sometimes it still feels this way. That said, I've learned some important lessons and identified the three key factors to producing any book: Writing, Publish...
11/15/2025
Indie author hustle… Saturday book signing to meet and the unofficial spokesperson for King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls. 😎🤙
10/18/2025
Sharing a table with legendary Western author Mark Redmond at the
09/30/2025
Book Updates and Fall Events -
Book Updates and Fall Events Rules are for those authors writing business books and non-fiction. The pressure to do your research and prove your hypothesis, or just to get the facts straight when writing about historical events, can be a heavy burden. This is something I've been fortunate enough to avoid.
09/29/2025
Announcement! Excited to share that I will be signing copies of The Samurai Cowboys trilogy at the Fourth Annual – Desert Foothills Book Festival on Saturday, October 18th.
Free to attend, the doors officially open at 10a and the first 100 people will receive a gift package.
Location: The Holland Center @ 34250 N 60th St. Scottsdale, AZ 85266
07/12/2025
I’m at the Fry’s in Surprise, AZ (Greenway & 303), Saturday 7/12 ‘til 3p.
If you’re in the neighborhood, please stop by to say hi!
06/11/2025
How to enter the 2025 YA Summer Reading Contest, sponsored by Creative Refinery!
This contest is intended to provide young adults and fans of samurai western adventures a fun summer escape and a chance to win a cool prize. That's it... free to enter, and free to play.
Contest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1a8q8dMwVqmi4_bzMxqlhXkQi7rQSHA6qYtQNaCsks1I/
Book Availability:
All three books in The Samurai Cowboys trilogy are available on Amazon via Kimble Unlimited, Audible, and free to download (ebooks) on these dates:
• Warriors of the Forgotten Way: Book One [June 10th – 14th]
• Way of the Viper: Book Two [June 17th – 21st]
• Way of the Ronin: Book Three [June 24th – 28th]
Contest Details:
1. There are six questions on the contest entry form for each reader.
2. All readers will be assigned a (spreadsheet) number, and two winners will be selected at random on October 3rd.
3. Please answer the first three questions objectively (no wrong answer), to enter the prize drawing.
4. Answer three bonus questions, one per book, to receive an additional entry per correct answer.
5. For each correct bonus answer, readers receive +1 entry into the drawing (up to +3 additional entries).
6. Answer all three bonus questions correctly to increase your odds as a Top Qualifier (max 4 entries).
Important Dates & Award Information:
• Friday, September 13th – Final date for contest entry submissions.
• Friday, October 3rd – Two winners will be announced via social and newsletter.
• Winners will be contacted directly via email to confirm author message and mailing address.
Contest Prize:
Signed copies of all three books in paperback... and a super sneak preview of future books!
06/10/2025
Young Adult Summer Reading Contest: The Samurai Cowboys - https://mailchi.mp/599f533f6366/announcing-the-launch-of-my-first-novel-6425845
Encouraging all readers with an affinity for a samurai western adventure to download free ebooks of The Samurai Cowboys trilogy, and enter to win signed copies of all three books in paperback. More info a link to the official entry survey to follow, Happy reading!
Young Adult Summer Reading Contest: The Samurai Cowboys In the summer of 2020, the valley of the sun was enduring record heat and making the news for our melting pavement. It was an unpleasant distraction and a painful truth that triple digit temperatures can create a different kind of cabin fever, and we were stuck at home by a global pandemic and blist...
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