So, you’ve decided to visit Lucardia. Excellent choice. Whether you are searching for breathtaking mountain vistas, ancient cities, unspoiled forests, vibrant local traditions, magnificent ruins, fascinating religious history, or the exhilarating possibility of being chased across a field by something considerably larger than yourself, Lucardia offers an unforgettable travel experience. Few destinations can boast suchContinue reading “A Traveler’s Guide to Lucardia”
Category Archives: Jezelle
Timelines: The Bane of My Existence
There are certain things that keep a writer up at night. Is this character interesting enough? Does this chapter drag? Did I use the word just seventeen times on the same page? And then there is my particular torment: Timelines. My formal Lucardian Timeline covers roughly a thousand years of recorded history, but once youContinue reading “Timelines: The Bane of My Existence”
Every Wound Has an Ancestry
I have spent some time beating myself up for not finishing Absolution of the Morning Star sooner. The series was moving along nicely. Four books were complete, and only two remained. I knew where the story was heading, even if some of the roads were still obscured. Then I got sidetracked by Koen. At first, Koen:Continue reading “Every Wound Has an Ancestry”
Chasing the Current
Sylvanus: Swords and Sons has now crossed 60,000 words, placing me roughly at the midpoint of the novel. After a long and arduous journey, Sylvanus and his remaining companions are preparing to cross into the Northlands and enter the realm of his brother, Koen. It is a major transition in the story, but also inContinue reading “Chasing the Current”
Writing in the Gray
I have never been all that interested in stories that divide the world neatly into good and evil. I hope that if you have read my work, it is immediately apparent. That may sound strange coming from a dark fantasy author. My books are filled with tyrants, monsters, witches, fallen powers, corrupted faiths, ancient evils,Continue reading “Writing in the Gray”
City as a Character: Grafton Notch in Jezelle: Thief of Forks
All cities are hungry. That was one of the first truths I came to understand while writing Grafton Notch. A city is not merely streets, walls, markets, alleys, and gates. It is appetite made physical. It is what people want, what they are willing to do to get it, and what happens to those whoContinue reading “City as a Character: Grafton Notch in Jezelle: Thief of Forks”
Five Years of Dawn of the Lightbearer
In May of 2021, I published Dawn of the Lightbearer. In a sense, it feels so long ago, but in another, it was like yesterday. So much has happened since. Lucardia expanded into eight books, with two more on the way (reached 50K words in Sylvanus). But five years later, Dawn of the Lightbearer stillContinue reading “Five Years of Dawn of the Lightbearer”
Jezelle: Thief of Forks is here!
Today, Jezelle: Thief of Forks steps into the world. This book has lived with me for a long time (writing began in early March of last year, so over a year ago), and today I finally get to place it into the world. Jezelle began for me with an image I could not shake: aContinue reading “Jezelle: Thief of Forks is here!”
Jezelle is coming
Next Saturday, April 4, Jezelle: Thief of Forks releases. Jezelle did not begin as a concept for me. I never even planned to tell her story when she appeared in Dawn of the Lightbearer as a secondary character. But as the series progressed, she made her voice heard anyway, and slowly became a view-point characterContinue reading “Jezelle is coming”
NOTICE OF VANDALISM UPON THE STAG AND TALLOW DOOR
HEAR YE. HEAR YE.BY ORDER OF SHERIFF KELSTER OF THE CITY WATCHAND BY PETITION OF MORDECAI, KEEPER OF THE STAG AND TALLOW,LET THIS BE MADE KNOWN, POSTED, AND REMEMBERED. On the pre-dawn hour, when honest folk sleep and only rats keep counsel, there was committed upon HITCHER’S ROW an act of VANDALISM AND THREAT, boldContinue reading “NOTICE OF VANDALISM UPON THE STAG AND TALLOW DOOR”
