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When Bad Things Happen to Good Characters
One of the topics readers most frequently ask me about is how I feel about and handle the inevitable bad things that happen to good characters in my writing. Do I enjoy tormenting and killing the good guys? How far in advance do I plan these things? Why am I mean to...
Planning a Series in Advance
I've talked before about how I outline all my stories in advance so that I have a very specific framework before I start writing the first draft. I also have mentioned that I already had the whole Teshovar series planned before I ever began writing the first book....
Where Do I Get My Ideas?
One of the questions nearly every writer eventually gets asked is, "Where do you get your ideas?" That's not an easy question to answer, because I suspect most of the time, most writers don't know where their ideas come from! Sure, there might be a specific thing that...
The Book That Didn’t Happen
After I wrote Akithar's Greatest Trick, I had an idea for a standalone book set in the same universe. It was going to release between AGT and Teshovar Book 2 without being an actual numbered part of the core series. I went through all the necessary steps of character...
Immersion Vs. Accessibility in Worldbuilding
When you think about some of your favorite fantasy stories, their worlds likely jump to mind right away. Middle-earth, Narnia, Prydain, Oz, Westeros, and so many other fantastical places are as much central characters in their books as any of the humans and monsters...
The Software I Use to Write My Books
I get asked a lot of questions, both about my own books and about the writing process itself, and I'm going to start answering some of the most frequent questions in these blog posts. A very common question is "What tools do you use for writing?" I'm very interested...