Between my tax course, ending with its exam, and the flu, I've been quiet on here recently. Hopefully will be picking that up a bit more as I get back into the swing of writing. Changeling's Duty currently sits at 5,438 words. Of course, I am working on it today, so that won't be the final total for today. It's always interesting writing sequels, and trying to decide how much of the setting explanation needs to be repeated. Today, I present you with the blurb to the other book I have an ... Read more »
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Time Skips
I was going to write out the blurb for Vigilante, but I remembered as I was starting that Vigilante is currently under re-write, having been chopped into two pieces due to a mis used time skip. This set me to thinking on time skips, and when and how to use them. In it's simplest form, a time skip is the little text that pops up on the bottom of your tv screen of 'ten years later.' They're used quite a bit in writing - from one perspective, any time you end one scene and start another that ... Read more »
Blurbs Part 3
Sorry for the gap in posting, life is busy exploding up here in the frozen north. Moving people is always fun, and I have multiple friends moving all at once. Anyways, without further ado, the blurb for City In The Sky - my third novel completed. Erik Tarverro is the half-human, half-Aeradi grandson of one of his home city's finest blacksmiths. Despite learning his grandfather's trade, the Guild refuses to accept him as a full member. When a stranger who knew his father arrives in the ... Read more »
Blurbs Part 2
In a tiny school for Magi in a corner of the world, an orphan named Tal shows great talents, and is adopted by the leader of the mages of the Land as his son and potential heir to the Hawk Amulet that marks the strongest mage. In the battered streets of a major city, the street urchin Stret comes into power attempting to defend his family from the dangers around them. Greed and fear drive him to the dark power of Chaos, and an independence stolen by force. In time, the outside world drags ... Read more »
To continue a theme in more detail
Recently on twitter, I posted a series of 140 character summaries of my completed novels. To follow up on that, I will now be posting a series of short 'back cover' blurbs, along with a little bit of background on the book in question. In a history where the Roman Empire never fell, and spread to encompass the galaxy, conquering aliens and star after star, a new foe has arisen to challenge Rome as it has never been challenged before. The almighty Legion faces an enemy equal to it in both ... Read more »
Sequels
So, with Changeling's Fealty finalized and in the agent's capable hands, thoughts are tumbling through my head on the sequel, tentatively titled either Changeling's Duty or Changeling's Oath... still working on a name :-p Historically I don't have a good track record with sequels. The second ONSET book languishes at about 10,000 words and an outline. The one to my alternate history space opera (first novel I ever finished, honestly pretty unpublishable XD) made is about the same. One ... Read more »