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

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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 …

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Epic Fantasies and Word Counts — Take Two on Why The Agartes Epilogues is A “Short” Series

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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 …

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The Agartes Epilogues: A Character-Driven Dance from 3 POVs

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One of the first things I did when I rewrote Jaeth’s Eye in 2012 was to maintain the focus on three point-of-views. Now, anyone who’s read the series and is reading this will know I’m kind of lying, because I have Interlude chapters as seen through the eyes of the rest of the characters. But these are …

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