First, I made a country. Now, I need to tackle the world. I’ve started working on the world map for Chains of the Sciell, Book 2 of The Merging Worlds Trilogy. I’m doing this more for fun. The characters never leave Jael. It’ll be useful to include a world map in the book since the story…
Nature always provides amazing inspiration. Sitting by the water surrounded by trees gets the creative juices flowing. Seeing images of waterfalls, landscapes and animals is awe inspiring. I like going to the park and relaxing by the water. Sometimes, I read or write. Other times, I stare at the scene and take pictures. Since it’s…
You know those moments when you just feel silly and you’re glad no one knew about your mistake? We’ll I’m gonna share mine with you. So, I go in to work on my map in Photoshop. I chose a brush only, no matter what I do, nothing shows up- no color, no mountains, nothing. It’s…
It’s nice to back away from the novel for a bit and write something silly and pointless…well not pointless, everything we write has a purpose even if we don’t see it. Writing a dark fantasy novel can sometimes feel like a chore, at least for me. World building can be such a pain. Don’t get…
I created three images for my book. This isn’t the cover- more like an image to represent the entire series. Should’ve stopped at one though. Now, I don’t know which one to use. I love them all equally. Let me know which one you like. The image with the most votes wins. Thanks! The Serpent…
I’ve been having like a nerd- week. It’s awesome. In the post, “Writing is About Giving Your Blood” (TAP!), I said I attended a publishing conference in Orlando. There, I won a year subscription to Adobe Creative Suite. I was like okay- I’d never won anything. This is cool. I didn’t realize what this actually…
As I said in the previous post, Total Awesomeness…Well, Not Total, I attended my first publishing conference last week. This post’s title is a quote from bestselling author Guy Kawasaki during his session Author- Publisher- Entrepreneur. First of all, I have to give another shout out to Evernote. I took all my notes in this…
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 used Photoshop. So, I went…
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 least, have a firm grasp…
