On Description and Story

This is the first of two articles prompted by related ideas on description: setting and character. For both, I believe the best general approach is somewhere along the lines of…

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“A Whisper in the Sands” Teaser

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This week, I’m excited to provide a draft teaser for the back cover of my next book “A Whisper in the Sand”.  You can also find it on my ‘books’…

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Reigliff, Isi, and Independence

On this, the eve of our own country’s day of independence, it seemed appropriate for me to discuss freedom in “Tears from Iron” as well.  But I’m going to take…

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Quotes: Memories of the Great War

While the series that “Tears from Iron” begins is called “Memories of the Cataclysm,” the Cataclysm was the second of two devastating events that struck Isfalinis. It was immediately preceded…

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The Aestarin Alphabet

Last week, we looked at some background on the languages of the Aestari and humans, particularly concerning the names of peoples and places and how they interrelate.  Now, let’s take…

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Behind the Pages: Fritten

Not a heroic figure like so many among the Kalilaer and Scions, Fritten is, in his own way, the most worthy of our pity. Captured at such a young age…

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Behind the Pages: Tazil

Tazil, High Lord of Raefi’ernyn, is an example of a character who grew to become much more than I’d originally envisioned. Other examples of this phenomena include Chostir and Talikae.…

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Keep a Journal

For this week I’m going to veer off my usual topics and make a more general appeal to everyone, whether you consider yourself a writer or not. If there is…

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