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Today’s the last day to get The Sea Devil for free on the Kindle store! To celebrate the release of The Puppet Lord—the 11th book of the Rise of the Oathsworn series—the first book is available for free! So, if you’re up for an ongoing fantasy adventure series about a young fey knight vanquishing evil…
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The Puppet Lord, the eleventh book of the Rise of the Oathsworn series—and the beginning of the Grasping Shadows storyline—is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! In this 37,000 word fantasy story, Xier will find himself caught up in the middle of a conflict between a town lord and his disgruntled subjects. He’ll face…
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Intro I’ve always had a soft spot for mentor characters—I don’t know why. Maybe I like that experience-born confidence that they so often have, or seeing the relationships between them and their protégés. Maybe I just like them because they’re already cool and accomplished by the time the story starts, so they can work that…
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Intro As a life-long lover of mythology, I’m always excited to check out books based on it. So, when I first learned about The Song of Achilles, a dramatic, modernized retelling of The Iliad (and then some) told from the perspective of Patroclus, I was immediately intrigued. And I can happily say that it did…
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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…
