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”
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Flashback Fridays #4
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”
Flashback Fridays #3
This week’s look into the past was originally published on April 9, 2020. I skipped over about a week of posts that were mainly about how the Island of Stone performed in that first week after publication. I chose the post below because it gives some insight into how that particular book rose from theContinue reading “Flashback Fridays #3”
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”
Feeding the Future
I have a dark creature on my back. Something old and cloying has wrapped itself around my neck and learned the shape of my thoughts. It hangs there with its mouth near my ear, whispering in a voice that sounds too much like my own. It tells me what is wrong. It tells me whatContinue reading “Feeding the Future”
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”
Stepping Beyond Lucardia
I have lived in Lucardia for five years. That is a strange thing to write, because Lucardia is not real. Not in the common sense. You cannot point to it on a map. You cannot buy passage there by ship or rail. You cannot walk its roads unless I build them first. And yet, inContinue reading “Stepping Beyond Lucardia”
Quick update
Yes, I missed my usual Saturday post. My in-laws are visiting again from China this summer, and we took them on a road trip across upstate New York to Cleveland. On Saturday, I was in Rochester, NY, on our way back. It was a 1,700-mile round-trip journey, which is nothing to sneeze at. We sawContinue reading “Quick update”
The Road Is the Story
I have never been very interested in destinations. That might sound strange coming from someone who writes fantasy, because fantasy is full of destinations. Towers. Cities. Mountains. Lost kingdoms. Temples buried under old stone. A throne that must be reached. A gate that must be opened. A relic that must be found. A monster thatContinue reading “The Road Is the Story”
