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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…
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Happy holidays everyone! Enjoy this seasonal Xier and Ruthana art! (This drawing has also been added to the Rise of the Oathsworn Gallery, so you can see it there too, along with all the other RotO artwork I’ve posted.)
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Intro For me, the holiday season is the perfect time for fun fantasy adventure books. Books that are dramatic, yes, but not in an “Oh no, these characters are all totally going to die!” type of way. More in a “Yikes, this looks bad! I wonder how they’re going to get out of this one,”…
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Intro There are lots of different brainstorming methods out there, and different ones work better for different people. Like all parts of the writing process, there is no right or wrong way to do it—that’s especially true with something that’s as behind-the-scenes as brainstorming. The way I do it is pretty simple: I dump all…
