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May 24, 2015
Functioning Societies in Fantasy Writing
Think of an epic fantasy you’ve read that featured a thriving city or a charming village. If you read closely enough, you’ll see the writer didn’t go into a massive amount of detail about every building, person, business, or landmark within the city, but you still felt it was alive and brimming with energy–even if […]
May 23, 2015
Food and Dining in Fantasy Writing
Some writers go through an entire manuscript without bringing up the topic of food even once, but food and dining is an important part of a high fantasy story. It adds depth to the culture and customs of your kingdom, and gives readers an idea of how the people in your world live. Different classes […]
May 22, 2015
Ebook Giveaway Contest
I’m hosting an ebook giveaway for Sky Knight, my newly released steampunk novel (now rated 5 stars!). The giveaway is featured on Goodreads. Just click “attending event” to enter the contest. (Giveaway link) Everyone can also add Sky Knight to their “to read” list, or head over to my twitter page and RT my pinned […]
Weaponry in Fantasy Writing
Try to think of an epic fantasy that doesn’t include weapons. I bet you can’t. Every fantasy I’ve ever read has brought weapons into the story, and in this post you’ll learn the difference between a rapier and a claymore and know the ins and outs of adding weapons to your story. Let’s go over […]
May 21, 2015
Clothing and Armour in Fantasy Writing
To add authenticity to your story, you need your characters to wear the accurate style of clothing for that time period. Regardless of whether or not your story takes place in the real world timeline, medieval people are not going to be wearing jeans and hoodies. (There are exceptions for this, but let’s look at […]
May 20, 2015
Writing Religion into Fiction
Why hello there and welcome to my first (second?) post of many where I talk about high fantasy. Since I’m going to be spending the remainder of this year rewriting my high fantasy novel, grumbling at my computer screen, and brewing countless cups of coffee to fuel my typing fingers, I thought I’d share with […]
Sky Knight Printed Copies
It’s been a great Wednesday so far. I checked the mailbox today and my printed proof of Sky Knight was inside! I’m actually impressed by the shipping speed this time around. Three days to ship across country is excellent. The print came out fantastic this time around. The colours are perfect (though the cover unfortunately […]
May 19, 2015
Rewriting Your Novel
I started rewriting The Myth of Kalvartr a few weeks ago, and during my writing journey I discovered a few things about rewriting that I hadn’t in the past. Usually when rewriting, I bring up both the new and old documents side-by-side on my computer and then go from there, but I’ve noticed an unfortunate […]
May 18, 2015
Book Giveaway
Hi guys! I’m doing an eBook giveaway this month. My recently published steampunk novel, “Sky Knight”, is up for grabs! You can win a Kindle copy really easily by just heading over to Goodreads and entering the contest. Another way to win is to head over to my Twitter page and retweet the contest link. […]
May 14, 2015
Printed Copies of Sky Knight + Web Series Thoughts
Today has been exhausting, but I’ve finally managed to get the printed files of my steampunk novel, Sky Knight, together and ready for print. On the bright side, I now know more about Microsoft Word than I did yesterday, and including page numbers isn’t as daunting of a task as it used to be. I […]
