Commissioned Art

So, I got another piece of art commissioned. The picture was of Sistina, as I considered her the most complex of the major characters in Ancient Ruins. The artist is IndyMBras, and she created the art for significantly less than she should have, as she’s trying to build up a reputation at the moment. With no […]

A Sense of Scale

Something that I’ve often pondered as I’ve worked on my books is how to get across the sense of the scale of different things, in particular the mountains. It’s difficult, and something I have struggled with. Especially for my international audience who has less of a grasp of what feet and inches are. Yes, I […]

April 2nd Update

I don’t have too much to update people on today. Yesterday, having gotten what feedback I could from the beta readers and finished editing, I sent Spells of Old off to my editor. I should have it back by next Sunday, which will allow me to go through it and make sure I agree with all […]

Not April Fools

On a theoretical level, I don’t mind April Fools jokes to a minor degree. I utterly despise them when they involve more than a single particular person. You’ll never get them from me on a huge scale. That’s why I’m not going to make a joke. Instead, I’m putting up the rest of the rough […]

Series Length

So, yesterday I was chatting with my wife, and the subject of the length of various series came up when I was talking about ideas for after the Ancient Dreams trilogy. She was the one who recommended that I put my thoughts up here. When I come up with stories, I come up with a trilogy […]