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Grimdark or Just Honest? On Epic Fantasy and the Tendency Towards Gratuitous Violence

by KayWriting Thoughts October 24, 2016Comments are Disabled

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 …

My Paycheque Comes In The Form of Words

by KayWriting Thoughts October 5, 2016One Comment

As of today, I have been writing for 24 years. The most I’ve put it off is for a couple of months or so–otherwise, I’ve been consistently writing, rewriting, plotting, planning, researching, learning, and turning the mechanics of writing over and over in my head like there’s no tomorrow. I repeatedly discuss stories with people until they …

When Writing Gets Personal

by KayUncategorized, Writing Thoughts August 16, 2016October 3, 2017Comments are Disabled

A quick thought, as I progress through my day: how do you keep your sanity when your writing starts to hit too close to home? The Agartes Epilogues is often funny, sprinkled with a lot of my characteristic black humour, but it is also deathly serious–perhaps one of my most serious novels. The themes run deep. Poverty. …

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