Bookish Bits: A Motley short story
Big news about a little story. Something fans of The Last Motley won’t want to miss! A short story set in the world of Arinn!
Short Stories
Work in Progress: Brazen
Today I thought I’d share a little bit about something I’ve been working on recently. It’s a short story (currently about 50 pages) entitled, “A City Called Brazen”. It started out as a science fiction story in my head, but when I sat down to write it, it became a fantasy story instead. It takes place in a …
Looking Back: Year 2 in the Books
2014 As the end of the year approaches I like to sit back and take the long view, to gaze out over the past twelve months and reflect on where I’ve been as a writer. 2014 was year 2 of kicking the tires on this whole wordsmithing journey. While there were certainly moments where I it felt …
Turning a Short Story into a Long Story
Today, I’d like to go into the attic of my mind and talk about some of the objects collecting dust up there. Specifically, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what future projects I should work on after The Chronotrace series comes to an end. In some ways, this discussion might be a bit premature since …
Book Review: Complete Fairy Tales of George MacDonald
The Complete Fairy Tales by George MacDonald My rating: 5 of 5 stars I give this book 5 stars really on the strength of three of its stories- The Light Princess, The History of Phtogen and Nycteris, and my favorite of all, The Wise Woman or the Lost Princess. Not that the other stories are …
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In Defense of Tears
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. – Gandalf, The Return of the King Books can be emotional affairs and rightly so. I wrote in one of my other updates how my short story The Artificer’s Apprentice really touched me when I read it out loud to my …
Story and Song
I’ve written before about how much I enjoy writing to music and how the songs I listen to often become the unofficial soundtrack to the words I am putting down, but in the case of my short story, Spirit of Caledonia, music played an even more integral role. The story, if you haven’t read it, was released …
Meet Talomai
I have some special news today. My short story, The Artificer’s Apprentice is now free on Amazon! I’m not entirely sure how long it will stay free so make sure you pick up a copy and experience this story while you can. Up to this point I haven’t really talked much about my stories because I think …
