I’ve been struggling to find adult fantasy and horror books to read. Maybe my tastes are slowly changing but most books I start, I don’t finish. If I do finish them, I didn’t enjoy it enough to buy the sequel. Mostly, I’ve been listening to story podcasts like NoSleep and Read more…
Sometimes you do things simply because they’re fun and you’re curious how it’ll turn out. Turning my epic dark fantasy novel, The Sciell into a hardback book was one of those passion projects. I’ve heard hardback books don’t do well for small press authors. Make sense since we struggle to Read more…
Dark fantasy is an interesting genre. It’s broad yet simple. It’s difficult to pin down a definition. I usually see it as a mix of fantasy and horror. Here’s a definition from Goodreads: “At its most basic, dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a Read more…
You know I had to do this. It’s the last post of the year after all. We’re going to look back at the top posts of 2013. After all this time blogging, I’m still surprised at which posts people like most. This year was full of surprises. How this one Read more…
How do you curse people out without swearing? Remember the song from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” That’s how you do it. In my series, I wrote characters who found creative ways to insult people. Only, I had no idea what they’d say. I spent hours combing different Thesauruses and Read more…
In my last post, Writing a Dark Fantasy Series, I said I was playing with Abode Photoshop to help me visualize my world. My first two tries were a miss. I wanted to make a birds-eye view of my villages but that was a big undertaking for someone who’s never Read more…
The Bridge by Gate-to-Nowhere Working on two (or three) novels at a time usually means you don’t finish any of them, at least for me it does. I discovered though, for a Dark Fantasy series, you kinda have to work on all the books at once. Or, at the very Read more…
I have a love/hate relationship with World Building. It’s a brilliant puzzle but it’s also a nightmare when your world gets too big for you to sort out all the information in your head or even through a journal. To help with this, I started drawing. I’m not great at Read more…
