I have a civil engineering background, with a focus on municipal engineering. While I give a lot of reasons for why I went down that route, fact is, it’s my desire to expand on my worldbuilding that got me (a person who loathes math) through it all. The Agartes Epilogues is set in a world that is …
To My One and Only Sister, Sume, I’m sorry for not writing to you in a long time. I had a bit of a hiccup with the job in Lon Basden. Long story short, I sort of found a pet. I’m calling him ‘Kefier’. He is a young lad who was having a tough time …
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I wrote about this a while back, where I talked about Jaeth’s Eye, Book 1 of The Agartes Epilogues, as being a “short” fantasy novel at approximately 118k words. Aina’s Breath, Book 2, finished at 128,600 words. I expect I’ll end up cutting a few hundred more words before the final edits. Sapphire’s Flight, the third book, is going …
I‘m a stubborn person. That’s not to say that I don’t like to listen to advice. I frequently look into other people’s opinions all the time, because that gives me a lot of ideas and how doing things one way may yield results of a certain nature. But, at the end of the day, I …
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I love hiking analogies. There’s just something so simple and poignant about putting everything behind you and exposing yourself to a WHOLE LOT OF PAIN just for a pretty view and the ecstasy of having done something meaningful with your life. Thing is, when you’re hiking–and particularly when you’re doing a steep backpacking trip, with …
