This week’s look into the past was published on April 11, 2020. At that point, it had been exactly a month of COVID isolation, which is why I chose it. It seems like forever ago, but what a strange time that was. Up until that point, working from home was rare for me. It allContinue reading “Flashback Fridays #4”
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Five Years, New Covers, and a Homecoming
I wrote a longer reflection back in May about five years of Dawn of the Lightbearer. That was the month I first placed the book up for preorder, and in many ways, that was when the Lucardian journey began for me. Though I might have jumped the gun a little, as the book officially wentContinue reading “Five Years, New Covers, and a Homecoming”
Flashback Fridays #2
Here we are again with another blast from the past. Below is my second-ever blog post from April 4, 2020. I had just published Island of Stone, and I had not yet built up the writing momentum or the courage to start a new project, so I was looking through my old catalog of manuscriptsContinue reading “Flashback Fridays #2”
Flashback Fridays #1
I have made 378 blog posts since I started this writing journey. The very first post was on April 3, 2020, soon after the publication of the Island of Stone. It was a shout into the void, and many of those earlier musings had little to no audience. Looking back, I think some of themContinue reading “Flashback Fridays #1”
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”
The Creeping Cankers
In my world of Lucardia, not every horror announces itself with claws, teeth, or a sword drawn in the dark. Some horrors arrive slowly. They creep beneath the skin. They fester. They deform. They turn a human face into something others cannot bear to look upon. They take years to kill, and before death comes,Continue reading “The Creeping Cankers”
NOTICE OF VAGRANT WHELPS AND MARKET MISCHIEF AT AMICUS SQUARE
HEAR YE. HEAR YE.BY ORDER OF SHERIFF KELSTER OF THE CITY WATCHAND FOR THE PEACE OF GOODFOLK OF THIS QUARTER,LET THIS BE MADE KNOWN, POSTED, AND REMEMBERED. Be it known to all honest souls who trade, toil, worship, or pass through our beautiful AMICUS SQUARE, that the Watch has received MANY COMPLAINTS, sworn oaths, andContinue reading “NOTICE OF VAGRANT WHELPS AND MARKET MISCHIEF AT AMICUS SQUARE”
Jezelle: Thief of Forks Book Trailer
Just a quick mid-week post. The weather has been horrendous here in the Boston area, but it gave me a little extra time (two extra work-from-home days while we dig out), so I threw together a book trailer for Jezelle: Thief of Forks. I think it does a good job of capturing the book’s moodContinue reading “Jezelle: Thief of Forks Book Trailer”
NOTICE OF A WICKED AFFRAY AT RUBY’S ROOST
HEAR YE. HEAR YE.BY ORDER OF SHERIFF KELSTER OF THE CITY WATCHAND FOR THE PEACE OF GOODFOLK OF THIS QUARTER,LET THIS BE MADE KNOWN, POSTED, AND REMEMBERED. On the eve last past, when honest men sought drink, warmth, and company beneath a lawful roof, a MOST FOUL DISTURBANCE was raised within the chambers of RUBY’SContinue reading “NOTICE OF A WICKED AFFRAY AT RUBY’S ROOST”
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”
