February 19th Update

Spells of Old is sitting at approximately 59,000 words. This makes it currently about half the length of Ancient Ruins, but I want to stress that the story will be as long as it takes to tell the current story arc. I’m not sure how long it’s going to be in the end, but at this […]

A Question For Others

Each time I’ve posted on the blog, it’s been on a subject that’s been rambling through my brain, or a specific update. It feels ever so faintly awkward to me, so I figured I’d ask people who come here, what do you want to hear from me about? I’m a gamer, so I could go […]

Literary Tendencies

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 […]

Two Things to Speak On

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 Characters are Named

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, […]