There’s a giveaway for The Wolf of Oren-yaro if you haven’t seen the link for it yet. Clicky! As mentioned, this will feature the ARC cover, not the new cover, because my artist doesn’t have the paperback version of that one ready yet. I was sitting here looking at this cover and wondering what it is that …
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I hit 72k on “Happy Farm Adventures” yesterday, having been writing at a steady 4k or so a day the last two weeks. It’s a great reflection of my mental state as the darkness sets in and my regular old anxieties begin to wrestle with Seasonal Affective Disorder…a perpetual up and down that I try …
My stories are normally set in a world that features both familiar fantasy settings (the Kag areas) and the less-than usual (a lot of Asian-inspired places, which includes the Gorent Islands, Gaspar, Jin-Sayeng, The Empire of Ziri-nar-Orxiaro), and a lot of fusion (Dageis). I’ve said before that part of the reason I refused to swap …
Outlines are great stuff. I write them. I write loads of them. The problem I think that many writers encounter, however, is that they think of outlines as “instructions” when they really should be called “brainstorming sessions.” I’ve encountered the thought, for example, that repetitive outlining can help prevent your story from becoming a hot, …
I just went past 34k words today on Happy Farm Adventures (working title) and am expecting to hit the halfway point next week. Given that the plot is well underway, I’m hoping the writing gods continue to bless me with their favours (please, I can’t sacrifice any more livers for you, I’m kind of struggling …
