Fantasy literature is defined by trilogies. This was probably directly a result of Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings, a formative cornerstone of the genre. But I've been having a problem with trilogies I've been reading lately: nothing happens in the first book. Trilogies and Fantasy Tolkein's famous series was never meant to be a trilogy. He wrote it as a single work but his publisher for … [Read more...]
All black in a sea of white
My daughter spent the afternoon sharing her adventures from a teen camp at a yoga retreat... ...getting bit by a fire ant while shooting a rifle. ...hair caught in a belay while rappelling down a cliff. ...kids bursting out in laughter during silent meditation. One story struck a note with me since it ties into something I've been thinking about lately in my writing - and that's … [Read more...]
I swear I wasn’t just lying around the beach
All has been pretty quiet on the blog front recently. And while a number of you may be aware that I spent the holidays on the warm sands and in the warmer seas of Mexico, I have not just been relaxing since my last post. These past six weeks or so, I have been working hard on editing my upcoming science fiction novel with the goal of submitting the first 10,000 words to the open … [Read more...]
Surviving NaNoWriMo: A Guest Post by Michael R. Fletcher
Today, a guest post from Michael R. Fletcher who has written one of my favorite fantasy novels released in 2015. Surviving NaNoWriMo I used to think Nanowrimo was a town on Canada's west coast where writers flocked once a year to work on their novels. I still think that's a great idea. It seems a little cheeky of me to write about NaNoWriMo when I've never actually done it, but on the … [Read more...]
Where to Source Images for Your Website
The life of an indie author is often one of persistence and ingenuity. Without a full on marketing machine behind you, you still need to promote your books and be as professional as possible. Since I have designed the covers and marketing materials for a number of my books, I am always on the look out for free sources of images that I can use without restrictive licenses. Below are five … [Read more...]
Southeast Asian Fungal Grimdark
You heard it here first. Southeast Asian Fungal Grimdark. Ideas have been milling around in my head for my next fantasy series and they are beginning to solidify. I had known for a while that I wanted to write in a very different world than the books in my Hounds of the North series. Those books found root in the classic European medieval setting that is the fall back for fantasy … [Read more...]
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