Six years into self-publishing, what surprises me most is not how hard it is. Hard is fine. Hard can be endured. I’m no spring chicken. I have faced many hardships in life, and I know how to deal with them. What wears on a person is trying to build on unstable ground, especially when youContinue reading “Lament for the loss of data”
Category Archives: Writing journey
What next?
For exactly six years, I’ve been riding a writer’s high, pumping out book after book. In that time, I’ve published ten works or over 1.2 million words. I’ve created a dark and complex world with varied geography, tangled politics, thousands of years of history, its own gods, and the religions that fester around them. MoreContinue reading “What next?”
New project, The Last Knight of Norn
I’ve been working on a new tale set in Lucardia that isn’t directly connected to my other plotlines. Something completely stand-alone. Below is a rough draft of the first chapter. I’m curious to know if it’s hitting. The chapter reads almost like a short story, so I can go that route with a few tweaksContinue reading “New project, The Last Knight of Norn”
I swam the market until I hit a rock
I’ve decided to stop my query process for Jezelle: Thief of Forks and switch gears to self-publishing the book. On the surface, that may look like defeat—another swing at traditional publishing and missing—but that’s not what this is. This is me looking directly at how this business actually works, looking at how far Jezelle swamContinue reading “I swam the market until I hit a rock”
A return to why I write
I believe in circles—in fact, I’m a bit obsessed. The Oroborus is Emperor Vesper’s heraldry for a reason. I’ve been writing a lot of posts about my quest to define my writing world, and I apologize for bringing you along on this iteration, but perhaps it is helpful. I’ve touched on everything below in theContinue reading “A return to why I write”
Confession of a Milennial writer
As many of you know, I stepped back from blogging to focus on my fiction. It has given me time to rethink and reevaluate. I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching, holding up the mirror and seeing what I see. I’m coming up on the sixth year of this journey. In my last post,Continue reading “Confession of a Milennial writer”
2025, a year in review
It’s that time of the year again to look back and see how far I’ve come. It’s not really what I want to do right now, as I have quite the sinus infection- not the ideal way to bring in the New Year. Really, I want to wrap in a warm blanket and stare atContinue reading “2025, a year in review”
Quick Update
First off, Happy Holidays! I hope you are all safe, warm, and jolly. I apologize for the lag in posts, but all my free time this past month has been devoted to rewriting Jezelle: Thief of Forks. I tried to get to this post on Saturday, but it just didn’t happen. Better late than never,Continue reading “Quick Update”
Pushed deep into Jezelle’s darkness
I’ve been plunging into the weeds of reworking Jezelle: Thief of Forks, the darkest story I’ve written thus far. I’m on chapter 22 of 28, so I’m getting there. Before I began this dissection, I thought it was the best book I had ever written. It is humbling to see how much better it isContinue reading “Pushed deep into Jezelle’s darkness”
Leveraging rejection to be a better writer
First, I would like to thank you all. After posting that I was stepping back from blogging to focus on rediscovering my passion for writing fiction, I received a considerable amount of support. There was also concern that I may be giving up. Don’t worry. I am still writing. In fact, I’ve been doing itContinue reading “Leveraging rejection to be a better writer”
