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10, 2020
Good Company’s quest begins…now!
’Tis a most auspicious day indeed for adventurers young and old. The Lost Tale of Sir Larpsalot is now available in paperback and for Kindle!
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11, 2020
Hear ye! Hear ye! Magic’s Daughter audiobook is now available!
Gather around, my friends, and prepare to hear a story as stirring as any sung by Silas the Bard. That’s right: Magic’s Daughter, the latest tale of Altaerra, can now be enjoyed as an audiobook.
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09, 2020
Free short story for Reader Appreciation Day
For Reader Appreciation Day 2020, I’m giving away “Gamechanger,” a short story and prequel of sorts to my upcoming YA fantasy novel.
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08, 2020
Roll up your sleeves and write that rough draft
After months of following a methodical approach to planning my novel, it’s finally time to put fingertips to keyboard and actually write The Lost Tale of Sir Larpsalot.
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07, 2020
Time to create a true outline
It’s a task that many authors dread and more than a few novelists disregard altogether: creating a chapter outline.
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06, 2020
Make sure your main characters cast a shadow
For reasons beyond my understanding, my brain likes inventing personas—everything from wacky facades to keep small children entertained to personalities projected onto passersby. Everyone has a story, after all.
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05, 2020
Surviving a novel synopsis
For this phase, I found myself face to face with that most odious and onerous of literary formats: the synopsis.
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04, 2020
Magic’s Daughter conjures up family conflict, intrigue and a dash of romance
Escape for a spell with my newly released novel, Magic’s Daughter, a coming-of-age story set in the fantasy world of Altaerra.
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03, 2020
Hear your characters’ stories in their own words
Sometimes hearing voices can be a good thing—especially if you’re an author.
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02, 2020
A paragraph evolves into a page
Welcome back to my mad experiment, where I attempt to create a novel using a ten-step approach to plotting, character development, and more.