Every author has certain subjects that tend to come up a lot in their writing. I’m not talking writing styles, like favoring ellipses (I removed about half of the ones I put into Ancient Ruins because I tend to over-use them), but more concepts and themes. One of the things I try to focus on is […]
Today I received the cover art of Spells of Old from Jackie Wei, with Phynis Constella pictured in it. Obviously this is not perfectly what is in my head, but it is stunning, and very much what I asked for and more. Jackie is an excellent artist to coordinate with, and I can’t recommend him enough to […]
This week was rough, with characters making decisions that, while logical, forced me to re-write parts of my outline to Spells of Old, and also caused me to have to change other story arcs. Thus I’ve come to a grand total of ~45,000 words. Much less than I’d hoped to have done by this point. However, […]
First off, I’ve started putting up Character Profiles for major characters. I will warn that some of this could be considered spoilers, and as I add characters that appear later in the books, the chances of spoilers skyrockets. So proceed down the link with caution. I’ve also noticed something common in reviews, of at least a few […]
Why do I name most of the characters I write in my stories, even when I know they’re about to die? Because reading ‘the baker down the street’ has slightly less impact than ‘Bob, the baker from down the street’. Naming a character gives the impression that the character, no matter how minor their role, […]
Ancient Dreams 