Mar 29, 2021 | Book six, characters, fantasy, Organic writing, Plot Development, Story Concepts, writing |
I never like posting to my blog when I haven’t really got much news, but since so many of you are asking for an update, I guess it’s time to provide some sort of reassurance about book six in A Pattern of Shadow and Light. As I mentioned in my last update,...
May 11, 2018 | Book five, fantasy, Plot Development, Story Concepts, Uncategorized, writing |
Dearest readers: I have emerged from the singularity called Alorin to discover that six months have passed since I last updated you on the progress of book five (a fact which more than many of you have recently pointed out). I guess it’s time for an...
Nov 28, 2017 | Book five, Character Development, Organic writing, Plot Development, Story Concepts, writing |
It’s been a while since I’ve updated everyone, and I’m fielding a ton of questions, so I think an update is probably due. Here’s what I can tell you: book five is in the works. I’m about 270 pages in and I’ve written Ean and Tanis’s threads up to the end of part one,...
Oct 25, 2016 | Book four, Character Development, For new writers, Kingdom Blades, Organic writing, World-Building |
Many of you have been asking about my process for creating characters—how I came up with certain characters, and more generally, how I make my characters seem real. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may have read one of my earlier posts on organic...
Sep 15, 2014 | Character Development, Imagination & Creativity, Organic writing, Plot Development, Story Concepts, World-Building, writing |
Think of writing like sailing a massive ship. There are an enormous number of mechanical actions that synergistically combine to keep the ship plowing forward through the waves. It behooves you, as the captain of the vessel, to have an understanding of all of those...
