Jun 3, 2020 | Book six, characters, Plot Development, Story Concepts, writing |
I know you’re all saying, “Melissa, it’s been a year already since The Sixth Strand released. Where the heck is book six?” The answer is that I’m about 500 pages into the manuscript and feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface of...
Jun 23, 2015 | Allegory in fantasy, Artists, Imagination & Creativity, Integrity, Philosophy, writing |
Most people think of the word integrity as ‘adherence to moral and ethical principles,’ but there is another definition equally important to understanding the word: ‘the state of being whole, entire or undiminished.’ The two meanings of integrity are integral to each...
Mar 30, 2015 | Cephrael's Hand, Character Development, Fantasy tropes, Inspiration, Laws and Esoterics, Organic writing, Plot Development, Story Concepts, Tropes, World-Building, writing |
To my readers: please know how much I appreciate your emails, mentions and comments! Recently, many of you have written to me asking similar questions. I thought it would be best to answer all of you here on my blog in order to give your questions adequate address....
Jan 12, 2015 | Character Development, Kingdom Blades, Plot Development, Story Concepts, writing |
Many of you have been asking when book four in A Pattern of Shadow & Light will be released. All I can tell you right now is that I’ll have Kingdom Blades to you at some point in 2016 (the Muse willing). For comparison, each book in this series runs around 300,000...
Apr 22, 2014 | Book Three, fantasy, Imagination & Creativity, Paths of Alir, Philosophy, World-Building, writing |
Last week I finished penning the third book in my epic fantasy series and sent it off to beta readers. Paths of Alir was two years in the planning/writing, and the final clocked in around 300,000 words. (It is an epic fantasy. Providing a series is well-crafted,...
