COVID-19 caused major disruptions in almost everyone’s life in 2020. While I don’t want to diminish the seriousness of the pandemic and its consequences, I’ve found at least one silver lining: more time to work on my writing.
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.
’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!
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.
It’s a task that many authors dread and more than a few novelists disregard altogether: creating a chapter outline.
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.
For this phase, I found myself face to face with that most odious and onerous of literary formats: the synopsis.
Escape for a spell with my newly released novel, Magic’s Daughter, a coming-of-age story set in the fantasy world of Altaerra.
Sometimes hearing voices can be a good thing—especially if you’re an author.
Welcome back to my mad experiment, where I attempt to create a novel using a ten-step approach to plotting, character development, and more.