Thoughts on the process of writing epic fantasy and worldbuilding.
And for the rest of the month, is still only 99 cents! I haven’t promoted this book much outside of my own personal blog, and there are reasons for this. The main one, of course being that most of my time in the last few months has been spent with the production and promotion of …
I am not a very eloquent writer, and when it comes to the process, there’s a lot I struggle to explain. I’ve been doing this for so long that a lot of it comes down to instinct–I write something because I know what I’m trying to express, or maybe I’m don’t but I’m reaching for …
One of the things I learned over the last couple of years is that editing, like writing, can be a mysterious process for some people. Lots talk about it, but plenty don’t seem to have any clue what it entails. I’ve gotten the sense from some that they think that editing is like a fresh …
Yesterday, my writing circle had a nice discussion about style, where we tore apart some of my older writing samples and I explained what I did, and didn’t do, in those days. I mentioned this in my post yesterday, about how there is an element of cringe when I read those samples even though in …
I‘ve talked about how many incarnations my debut novel went through before I ever found the true heart and soul of the story, the one that would drive it all the way to the end of Sapphire’s Flight. It seems amazing, looking back. I think I was a ridiculously arrogant young writer back in the day, …
