With the end of 2023 comes the beginning of a new year. The previous year saw me complete my second book in a series, I’ve been working on for a few years now, called Blade of the Adeln. This book continues the journey and development of my protagonist; Haydn. I also dove deeper into the… Read more: A New Year

With the hot weather outside, it is nice to stay inside and write. I am currently working on the last few chapters of my fantasy Kindle Vella story “Blade of the Adeln”. I am pretty happy with how it is coming along. While I’ve published the chapters on Kindle Vella as I finished them up… Read more: End of July Writing Update

A good story needs a good villain. But what is a villain? In real life, people who go against the norms of decency society sets and causes harm to the innocent, are considered villains. In some cases, those are the individuals who were defeated in a war. There is a reason villains never win. As… Read more: Ramblings Thoughts on Villains in Storytelling

While we use words to interact with our world, they can be used to create new worlds as well. A fantasy writer can hardly mention worldbuilding without bringing up some of the genre’s great trailblazers. Their popularity has inspired writers to fill their stories with races and creatures, kingdoms and clans that do not exist… Read more: Worldbuilding Through Storytelling

From hesitant heroes to orphaned farm boys, fantasy tales have been filled with the development good characters go through when incited into action. The main character of my story Haydn the Outcast, is someone who does not have an extraordinary backstory in the sense he is not the “chosen one.” There is no hidden power… Read more: A Hero and the Inciting Incident: Haydn