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, […]
I’ve decided to give updates on my writing progress each Sunday, so as to get a schedule of sorts down. Yesterday I didn’t get much writing in, less because I was distracted and more because I wanted to finish reading through and editing Ancient Ruins again. I finished it, uploaded it, and now it’s claiming to […]
Spells of Old has reached ~32,000 words. I’m not sure how long this one will end up being…so many plot threads branching out from Ancient Ruins. I’m trying not to go overboard, but it’s hard. I want people to have answers, not still more questions or unresolved plotlines. Still, it’s going well! My editing of Ancient Ruins […]
