Owen Tyme's Blog: Tymely Messages - Posts Tagged "fantasy"

I just updated my website to include two short stories you can read for free.

The first is Community Service Fairy Godmother, which involves a fairy being punished for breaking the only law that matters to fairy kind: "Don't get caught!"

The second is Sweet Surrender, a trio of linked tales that illuminate what happens when the unstoppable force meets the immovable object.

You can read more about my short stories on my website or my other blog.

I recently started a new novel, titled Troll War, which I've decided to post small updates about on social media and my website blog.

I've been posting small, daily updates on Mastodon.

On Saturday, I posted the first in a series of in-depth, weekly updates.

I plan to continue this pattern until the rough draft is finished, so people can follow along as I work.

When Troll War is finished, I'll be trying my hand at querying agents with it, which I haven't done for almost two years, though I've been steadily improving my skill as a writer the whole time.

I hope you'll enjoy this small glimpse into my writing process. So far, I'm enjoying the experience of these somewhat journal-like posts, though the 500 character limit on Mastodon chafes a bit when trying to tell a story.

"He’s a means to an end. He’s a means to an end! My gosh, he’s an attractive means to an end!" ― Illa, a teenage troll girl, as she fails to avoid falling in love with a dwarf.

My second weekly update on Troll War is out, covering my work from July 1-5.

Troll War revolves around trolls going to war with dwarves, all as part of a pair of corrupt nobles trying to settle a bet regarding which race will win.

"Seeing what the other gods had done to Benni’s creation, Segawa took pity on them, gifted the first troll woman with her own, divine beauty and took the woman’s ugliness for her own. She returned to the other gods and shamed them for their actions, showing them her misshapen face and body, that they might fully comprehend her sacrifice."
― Excerpt from Troll War, describing the actions of Segawa, Goddess of Beauty, at the founding of the world.

My third weekly update on Troll War is out, covering my work from July 8-12.

Troll War revolves around trolls going to war with dwarves, all as part of a pair of corrupt nobles trying to settle a bet regarding which race will win.

" 'Me soldiers have captured many of their men, but they know nothing, as if they were born yesterday.'
Leona interjected, 'That’s because they were born yesterday, metaphorically speaking.' ”
― Excerpt from Troll War.

My fourth weekly update on Troll War is out, covering my work from July 15-19.

Troll War revolves around trolls going to war with dwarves, all as part of a pair of corrupt nobles trying to settle a bet regarding which race will win.

"In the blink of an eye, the firing squad was replaced by one lone copy of herself, one marksman with a cold expression of deep concentration on her face. Sureshot looked down the barrel of a rifle very much like her own; every little scratch, every mark on the stock, every single detail of the weapon was exactly as she remembered it, because it was her own rifle."
― Excerpt from Troll War.

My fifth weekly update on Troll War is out, covering my work from July 22-27.

Troll War revolves around trolls going to war with dwarves, all as part of a pair of corrupt nobles trying to settle a bet regarding which race will win.

" 'No one needs me.' Et’aell gave the Captain a defiant look and then started to cry again.
The first officer shook his head, 'You have no idea how wrong you are.'
'Have you forgotten what day it is?' Vendros asked.
'It doesn’t matter what day it is, because Vok is dead!' Et’aell despaired, 'No day is more holy than another, because there is no more holiness and all we have left is just a matter of staving off our eternal punishment for just one more day! We’re doomed to burn in Xercil’s crematory and there’s nothing I can do about that!'
Captain Vendros spoke softly, 'That may be what you believe, but there’s a whole crew of people on this ship that believe otherwise, who’ve gathered for a Ten-day Service that only you can lead. They still have their faith. They still believe. They still need you. Will you abandon them, just as you seem to believe you’ve been abandoned by Vok?' "
― Excerpt from Troll War.

My sixth weekly update on my writing process for Troll War has been posted, covering my work from July 29 through August 2.

Troll War revolves around trolls going to war with dwarves, all as part of a pair of corrupt nobles trying to settle a bet regarding which race will win.

Ryan Johnson has finished work on the cover art for the fourth volume of The Wizard's Scion, titled 'Dark Moon'!

The release date has not yet been set, because I've still got editing to do, but this book will likely be available in the next two weeks.

"I have always known the important destiny of your soul and never doubted your calling. I chose you before you were formed in the womb, for only you could do the things you have and will do. You became a pirate, because you needed the strength to defy an empire, that you might save the last of my people. My hand is upon your actions. Go now and wield my hammer in faith."
― The Voice of Vok to Captain Vendros, an excerpt from Troll War

My seventh weekly update on my writing process for Troll War has been posted, covering my work from August 5 through August 9.

Troll War revolves around trolls going to war with dwarves, all as part of a pair of corrupt nobles trying to settle a bet regarding which race will win.

I just got editing done on volume four of The Wizard's Scion, titled 'Dark Moon' and hit publish for the Ebook.

I'll post again when the work is done for the print edition.

Learn more about Dark Moon on my website, or find it in an online store via this link.