Epic Fantasy Ramblings: I Write Epic Fantasy

I write epic fantasy. Not “diverse fantasy.” Even though it fits under that category for those looking to “expand their palate” or whatever. But I hate those words, and in private I never actually think that about my work. The dance I do to appeal to “diverse” readers is a systemic thing and I can’t …

2017 At a Glance…Learning How To Fail Better, and Phoenixes and Shit, and Plans for the Upcoming Year

Early this year, I wrote a short story which was a better way for me to express what I’ve felt over the last year–the last eighteen months, really–than screaming at people. I published the rest of my The Agartes Epilogues trilogy in spring, a move which has caused a lot of confusion (as if the series …

Blackwood Marauders — a.k.a. “The B Team” a.k.a. Mercenary Soap Opera

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 …

The Agartes Epilogues in Two Lines

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 …