Every time I think I’m over this, I come across another well-recommended fantasy book that blatantly ignores the idea of a “story” in favour of worldbuilding. I’m not even saying that I have very high standards when it comes to the stuff I read (entertain me, and I’m happy. Hell, try your best, and I’m happy). …
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I wrote about this a while back, where I talked about Jaeth’s Eye, Book 1 of The Agartes Epilogues, as being a “short” fantasy novel at approximately 118k words. Aina’s Breath, Book 2, finished at 128,600 words. I expect I’ll end up cutting a few hundred more words before the final edits. Sapphire’s Flight, the third book, is going …
Dear Sume, Kefier told me a little about himself the other day. He was born in Gorent and lived there for many years. For some reason, I thought he was born in Lon Basden. He is getting very good at speaking in Jinan. You’d think he was a member of our family! I can’t wait …
As shown by this handy graphic: Also, it’s 11 am and I’ve been writing since 5. Read The Agartes Epilogues so I can quit this insanity.
The Agartes Epilogues is not grimdark. This is something I tell people in the description, because someone who is savvy in the genre of epic fantasy could immediately think this upon reading the Prologue of Jaeth’s Eye. It’s been described by many reviewers as violent, with some sex and some swearing. In epic fantasy, these are usually the signs of …
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