THANK YOU. I owe you my sincerest gratitude to everyone who has already bought a copy, told a friend about it, or liked/shared/commented on one of my announcements. I don’t want to exhaust anyone with too much news, but it’s been a much better book release day than I could have hoped or imagined. Your […]
Dear highly intelligent, discriminating epicure of renowned good taste, My novel, Ruinmakers, is finally available for sale after many long nights of writerly toil. Ruinmakers is a young adult fantasy filled with magic, manipulation, a little romance, and some really good fights. It’s available from all your favorite retailers as both a paperback and ebook. […]
Just a quick note – I’m now wrasslin’ (that’s wrestling, for non-Texans) with InDesign to make it do what I want. I spent pretty much all day yesterday trying to wrap my head around what kind of workflow would be most efficient in the long run. The good news for all the physical book lovers […]
The edits are in! Finito! Finis! Finished! The end! As much as it tempts me to go back and rewrite the whole thing, I won’t give in to second-guessing because everyone I tell about the book seems genuinely interested in reading it, and it’s taken plenty long enough already. Entering the final sprint – the […]
Since it’s been almost forever since I’ve updated anything, here’s a sneak peek of what I’ve been working on! There will of course, be a title on the cover, and not just pretty pictures. The phoenix was drawn by hand (over and over and over…) on paper, then on the computer. But it was just […]
This is the third, and final part of the Esteem system introduction. You can catch parts one and two here and here, respectively. Alignment is very easily described as intrinsic motivation. Why do you do what you do? What is the primary reason you think, do, or like certain things? We may both like painting […]
Part two of this little featurette is about the Accord. If you didn’t see Part One, go here. Individuals of the Folnor Empire are tested multiple times throughout their childhood to steer them into a compatible career path. While not compulsory by law, it is customary. (Think of it as getting a driver’s license.) The […]
Long ago, the Runemakers discovered a way by which to test potential apprentices for the aptitude to create the magical symbols that power the daily life of the Folwyn Empire. Little by little, the test evolved into testing for the four Affinities. Every citizen is born with one, and the test is used not just […]
Le book is just about done. And now it’s called Ruinmakers. Two major changes were implemented during my latest revision, that make me considerably happier with the story. First, the setting has been updated to reflect a general “blah” feeling I had about the whole thing. In its inception, Ruinmakers aka Rune was sort of […]
This morning, between 12:01 and 12:30 am, I hunched groggily in front of my laptop with a clamor of frustration and a draining battery icon. My “Today was a great day! Time to close up shop and go to bed!” attitude was promptly shot to hell as I stopped work on the semi-titled fifteenth chapter, […]