I’m sure my story is pretty standard for today. I work 40 hours as a programmer, leaving me mentally drained. Between training and teaching taekwondo, there goes another 15 hours a week, leaving my physically drained. Since COVID, my husband and I have been doing a lot of renovations around the house, eating up moreContinue reading “When Can I Write?”
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Hardcover Available!
Realms of Terswood is now readily available in hardcover from Amazon for $19.99! It features a slightly reworked cover to wrap the spine and better show the art by Jim Williams. Also available in paperback for $8.99, Kindle for $0.99, or free on Kindle Unlimited. https://amzn.to/3umL02N
Character Spotlight: General Miech
Miech is genius artificer and one of the three generals of the Dracon army. And as Kiol likes to remind him, Miech is a mere crystal mage. He’s worked hard for decades, using his peerless mind to compete against archmages with greater raw power. Loud, burly, with dark hair and eyes, Miech is the quintessentialContinue reading “Character Spotlight: General Miech”
Zero Zero-Word Days
While writing Realms of Terswood, I had plenty of days where I wrote no new words, entire weeks even. While working on the follow-up, I’m trying to follow the model of having no zero-word days. Even if it’s 15 minutes of jotting ideas or reworking an existing scene, I’ve been trying to do something everyContinue reading “Zero Zero-Word Days”
Character Spotlight: Aiden Hauser
Book two is coming along really well, so I figure it’s fine to give a few spoilers/teasers. I posted about Dehset Tekin recently, well time for another character I love from Book two: Aiden Hauser. He was actually in Realms of Terswood, though not by name. Check the end of chapter 34. Aiden and hisContinue reading “Character Spotlight: Aiden Hauser”
Book Two Progress
I had a wildly productive staycation this last week and book two’s word count doubled. Alishia’s storyline is mapped out and mostly written; Lone’s is coming together nicely. And poor Dehset, he’s in way over his head. It’s looking like a three part book with, like Realms, a few Tales chapters at the end toContinue reading “Book Two Progress”
Character Spotlight: Dehset
The second book in The Chronicler’s Awakening series introduces a number of new characters but one of my favorites is Dehset Tekin, a first year crystal mage student of the Royal Academy in Dracon. Born to a poor family, Dehset started at the Academy at eighteen, far older than most. The son of a blacksmithContinue reading “Character Spotlight: Dehset”
Hardcover Cover Art
The leather hardcovers are beautiful! Don’t worry, the gorgeous cover art by Jim Williams was not lost. It is printed in all its full color glory just inside.
Goodreads Giveaway Almost Up
The giveaway for a Kindle copy of Realms of Terswood only has a few hours left but has breached 400 entries! There are still about four hours left. If you don’t win, that’s okay, the book is only 99cents on Kindle. Enter to win at Goodreads.com
Character Spotlight: Amer
Twenty-five years ago, the necromancer Amer rose to power on the southern continent of Iecil. He rolled over the population, killing thousands, raising them to join his army. The nations of Poas finally discovered him. After five major battles and thousands more dead, Then-Prince Daelin evoked the power of his grandsire Cazlandt, destroying the leyContinue reading “Character Spotlight: Amer”
