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Rise of the Oathsworn: Volume One—a collection of the first five novelettes of the Rise of the Oathsworn series, plus three exclusive short stories—is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! Follow Xieraine Laedrin, a young fey paladin destined to be the greatest knight of his generation, as he faces pirates, vampires, dragons, and more…
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Intro If there’s one thing that can make a story feel more realistic, it’s the emotions of the characters. You can write the craziest, most ridiculous story, but, if you can make your characters’ emotions feel real, chances are that the story itself will feel more real too. You might be skeptical, but think about…
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Intro The Legend of Drizzt—which Homeland is the first book of—has been one of my favorite series since I was in my early teens. I’ve got lots of fond memories of binge reading it over the course of multiple summer vacations (yes, it’s so long that it lasted me multiple summer vacations), so it’s kind…
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Intro I’ve loved animals for pretty much as long as I can remember, so it’s only natural that they often play a role in the things that I write. Whether they’re loyal companions that do what they can to help their humanoid friends or pesky trouble makers that help lighten the mood, I don’t really…
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The Giant King, the sixth book of the Rise of the Oathsworn series, is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! This 20,000 word fantasy story follows Xieraine and Ruthana as they fight to escape the clutches of Sonyr the Dragonslayer, a wicked frost giant king who wants to make them fight in his gladiatorial…
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And that’s why Xier is a workaholic. I’ve wanted to try something goofy like this for a while, and I might have had a little too much fun. I suspect I’ll be making more of these in the future.
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Intro There are lots of middle-grade books about animals, and there are also lots of middle-grade books about magic. The Familiars basically just mashes those two things together, and you can trust me when I say it’s awesome. It’s like Harry Potter and Warriors rolled into one, and it works better than you might think.…
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Intro I’ve always loved humor. From sarcastic remarks to panicked chaos, I appreciate all sorts of humor in the things that I read and watch—which, naturally, led me to wanting to incorporate humor into my own stories when I first started writing. Like with everything, writing good humor is a skill. To some people, it…
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The Blight Bringer, the fifth book of the Rise of the Oathsworn series, is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! Join Xieraine as he embarks on his first mission for the Order of the Balanced Scales without Amara to guide him. In this 18,000 word fantasy story, he’ll confront a fearsome blight monster and…
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Intro In honor of May the Fourth earlier this month, I thought it was a good time to share a Star Wars reading recommendation. And the Princess and the Scoundrel is probably my favorite Star Wars book that I’ve read—at least, of the ones that aren’t novel adaptations of the movies (which are also great…
