Thoughts on the process of writing epic fantasy and worldbuilding.
Whenever I talk about my worldbuilding, I mention that it uses a lot of “Asian settings,” as opposed to the usual European-centric fantasy that is all-too common in the genre. But it’s not just specifically Asian fantasy; there’s a lot of cultures at play, all of which provide the appropriate background for whatever character-centric drama …
Last week, I announced the new standalone novel I’ve been working on for the whole autumn: Blackwood Marauders. You can find more information on the Goodreads link. The blurb, if you don’t want to click: Growing up in a quiet farm, Luc “Lucky” son of Jak didn’t think much of the world until he fails …
Read more “Blackwood Marauders — a.k.a. “The B Team” a.k.a. Mercenary Soap Opera”
This is a scheduled blog post. I am hoping by the time it publishes itself, I would have finished the first draft of my…I’ve lost count of the actual number, but what will be the seventh book I’ve completed with the intention of publishing (but because of weird scheduling issues will be the sixth out). …
These 4k a day marathons is making the procrastinator in me come out with these random blog posts. My brain reasons as long as I’m doing some form of work, it’s all right. Of course, the usefulness of this is all debatable, but whatever keeps me from actually writing, right? I’m doing two lines this time because The Agartes …
I hit a major obstacle earlier this week but I’ve been slowly building up to my wordcount again and was able to hit 78k words on the manuscript last night. So a bit behind on my schedule–particularly when I realized this was going to go over the target wordcount–but I’ve only got about 32k words …
