February 2017 - K.S. VILLOSO

Thoughts on Social Media, Self-Motivation, and the Lonely Battles All Writers Must Face

by K.S. VillosoWriting Thoughts February 24, 2017February 24, 2017Comments are Disabled

So much of writing happens behind the scenes, alone and in silence. It’s too easy to fool ourselves into thinking it’s different these days, what with social media and the Internet. Sometimes, people get caught up with just talking about writing on their groups or forums, as opposed to actually writing. I get it. It’s …

The Supporting Cast of The Agartes Epilogues: Tetsung alon gar Shoho

by K.S. VillosoThe World of The Agartes Epilogues February 22, 2017February 4, 2017Comments are Disabled

Tetsung is the youngest son of Magga alon gar Shoho, one of the leading rice merchants of Western Jin-Sayeng. His family’s estate–which mostly consists of about three hundred oxen square of rice fields–are situated in the Sougen plains, north of Fuyyu. The Shoho family is an old, proud family, one of the first to stake out …

The Supporting Cast of The Agartes Epilogues: Warlord Yeshin aren dar Orenar

by K.S. VillosoThe World of The Agartes Epilogues February 20, 2017April 27, 2017Comments are Disabled

Warlord Yeshin is introduced in Book 2, Aina’s Breath. Warlord of the Oren-yaro lands, he was actually born the youngest son and did not know he would inherit the title until late into adulthood. This meant that Warlord Yeshin grew up mastering skills meant to support his brothers–swordsmanship, archery, horseback riding, and soldiering. When he found himself …

An Excerpt from The Wolf of Oren-yaro

by K.S. VillosoAnnals of the Bitch Queen, Uncategorized February 17, 2017February 4, 2017Comments are Disabled

This novel–I don’t think I’ve ever written a novel that fired up in my head as fast as this one did. I’m already past 40k–hopefully past 50k by the time this scheduled post goes live–with no signs of stopping. I have been told, more times than I care to remember, that Jin-Sayeng used to be …

Rambling About Worldbuilding – Maps

by K.S. VillosoThe World of The Agartes Epilogues February 17, 2017February 17, 20172 Comments

I‘ve been busy the past couple of days working on the final map to be included in Sapphire’s Flight. Just a sneak peek (still a lot to be done): I’ve actually been putting off on drawing this map just because of how large and complex the Empire of Dageis is. Ironically, it is the first nation in The Agartes …