Thoughts on the process of writing epic fantasy and worldbuilding.
My upcoming novel, Birthplace, is the first book in a series about werebeasts from Filipino folklore: the aswang. It is also, incidentally, the first book I’ve written that isn’t in the epic fantasy genre…it is paranormal YA. A sort of long, kind of bloody, definitely M-rated paranormal YA. The working title of this book was “My Anti-Twilight.” I’ll leave …
In case you haven’t figured it out by now, my blog mixes my introverted, writer-lifestyle with my thirst for adventures and exploration. In my mind, these two interests do not meld as easily. Most days, I feel like Bilbo Baggins… “Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to …
I’m hesitating a little bit about this blog post, because I feel like as soon as I post it somebody will jab me with a spork while saying, “Really, K? REALLY? YOU know how to write well-rounded characters?” I mean, it’s not like I have a process for it. I used to stumble on these templates, …
I‘m releasing a few short stories on The Agartes Epilogues on Wattpad. This is a work in progress, so expect more over the coming weeks. Some of these, notably Jagged Slate on Blue and The Griffon’s Requiem, are pretty old. I’ve updated them to fit the current lore (yes, I heard myself, and yes, I’m …
Fellow writers are some of our worst enemies. I remember way back when I decided I was going to stop writing Watership Down fanfiction, over 13 years ago. I wrote a 150,000 monstrosity that I later had the misfortune pleasure of turning into Jaeth’s Eye. I had not written original fiction for years leading up …
