I had maybe half a dozen blog posts, mostly about epic fantasy, planned all throughout…that gestures at the world but I kept putting it off. There’s a limit to how much one can say about things and sometimes all one wants to do is curl up in a ball in the corner of one’s bed …
The Ikessar Falcon is launched, marking my third and last novel release for this year. It’s done; come hell or highwater, there’s nothing more I can do for that book. It’s all in the readers’ hands. I did my best to tell this story a certain way, but how people respond to it is no …
When you write for any length of time, you’ll come across some very common thoughts. Patterns, if you will. How hard this all is. How mentally taxing. How frustrating. Everything is frustrating. Editing is frustrating. Marketing is frustrating. Seeing other authors get attention, when you don’t–no matter how much you logically try to tell yourself their …
I read an article a few days ago about how much it sucks that we have to explain our own writing (which is a pain in the ass in epic fantasy) once it’s all done and it’s marketing time. I agree. Particularly an issue when you have works that are yes, epic fantasy and filled …
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Many writers make all sorts of analogies about the process of finishing a manuscript. It’s like fighting dragons, we say. Or birthing babies. Or combating venereal disease you picked up from a love one that you now want to spread to your unsuspecting readers. We laugh about the tears and the blood and the existential …
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