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In celebration of spring, I drew this cheerful Xier and Benevolence. I’m proud of how Benevolence turned out, in particular. (Horses are a pain to draw.) And I remembered to record a timelapse of this one too, so you can see the process. (This drawing has also been added to the Rise of the Oathsworn Gallery,…
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Intro I’ll admit that, when it comes to fantasy, I’m more of a warrior type of person than a wizard type of person. (I mean, come on, who’s visually cooler: the guy running right up into the bad guys’ faces with a big sword, or the guy in the robes standing in the back and…
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Rise of the Oathsworn: Volume Two—a collection of books 6–10 of the Rise of the Oathsworn series, plus an exclusive short story—is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! Xieraine Laedrin has come a long way in his journey to achieve his destiny of being the greatest knight of his generation—but he still has a…
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Intro Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fire series is easily one of the most popular middle grade series of the last decade. And, I mean, what’s not to love? It’s got dragons, loveable characters, and a dramatic plot line. (Oh, and did I mention dragons? Like, not as the noble companions or the villains, but…
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Intro Nothing is more important to the process of character creation than coming up with the personality. A character’s personality defines who they are, and is the biggest thing that’s going to help readers connect with them. And, if you can get readers to connect with your character, then they’re that much more likely to…
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The Dread Lurker, the tenth book of the Rise of the Oathsworn series, is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! In this 35,000 word fantasy story, Xier and Ruthana embark on a quest to defeat the Dread Lurker, a fearsome kraken that’s been threatening the waters around the city of Dunport. But, when their…
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Intro As anyone who’s been keeping up with the blog has probably figured out by now, I’m a big fan of the Dungeons and Dragons novels. I like them as a fan of the game, of course, but I think that the biggest thing that I like about them is the fact that they’re fantasy…
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Intro Setting concrete writing goals, I’ve found, is one of the best ways to keep my writing on track. If you have a clearly defined goal for the day, week, or month, you can easily break the bigger problem of finishing a whole project down into more digestible chunks. This is good for a variety…
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Intro Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy—which Assassin’s Apprentice is the first book of—has been one of my favorite fantasy series for a long time. It has everything that I look for in a fantasy series: complex characters, a fleshed out world, and a plot that keeps you at the edge of your seat. It’s also loaded…
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Intro With the new year upon us, I thought it would be a good time to reintroduce myself. Quite a bit has changed since I did my first introduction post back in 2024—namely the fact that I’m a published author now—so I wanted to do another post that would take that into account. That, and…
