Category Archives: Writing
Authors Answer 66 – The Urge to Quit Writing
Relevant to my current feelings of inertia. Must…get back into the groove… Question 66 – Have you ever wanted to quit writing? The temptation is always there, particularly in times like now, where I’m struggling through the first draft of … Continue reading
Authors Answer 63 – We All Started Somewhere
Question 63 – When did you start writing fiction, and what did you write? I don’t have anything to give me an exact date, even a year, but I do remember writing stories in the little blue-covered test books we … Continue reading
Book 4 Progress Report: November
Clearly I’ve been scarce recently on the posting front, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been working. So let’s see what’s changed since September. Due to taking a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday (too much going on with various … Continue reading
Book 4 Progress Report: September
I know I haven’t been posting much. Spinning the rough draft of Book 4 from cobwebs and moonbeams has been draining; I don’t have nearly as much detail in these later notes as I did with the first three books. … Continue reading
Titles, Book 3
I like titling things. I recently gave Erica a title for an upcoming short story compilation (if she decided to use that one >_>), and I have an ever-growing list of titles to someday be used for books, short stories, … Continue reading
Axial Tilt, Latitude and Other Planet Details
It’s been a while since I did a worldbuilding post. This one will be thin, because I just have a few points of data rather than anything particularly visual or interesting, but my friend Chris and I spent most of … Continue reading
Story Timeline
A while ago, I wrote a post about the Halion Calendar, highlighting the lunar-cycle calendar that I’ve been using to make sure my details sync up with the reality of the world. As I’m a few chapters into Book 4 … Continue reading
Fun With Paperdolls 1
After doing the Silent Circle Mage Outfits post, I had a ‘duh’ moment — why am I dressing random mages when I should dress the actual characters? Because of the computer crash, I had to reconstitute my paperdoll file, so … Continue reading
Silent Circle Mage Outfits
After drawing a rough version of Enkhaelen’s outfit as a reference for the Book 3 cover, I started thinking about the other Silent Circle mages in my story. I describe their attire a bit, and mention that robes are the … Continue reading
Book 3 Paperback!
Got the cover fixed, and now The Living Throne is available in paperback through CreateSpace and Amazon. Warning: it’s a hefty book!
The War of Memory Project 