Betrayal Chapter Two First Bonar was called, then after a five minute wait, Trin was next. Ryn slowly watched as the crowd around them began to thin out. Then she heard Donal’s name and she turned and gave him an encouraging smile as he moved to go. “Hey, sword and board. Don’t forget,” he…
Hello Everyone! As a new way to keep connected with my readers, I am going to post Chapters as I write them for my new writing project – Age of Betrayal which is the first book in my new Vasyleian Chronicles. These will not be serialized like The Way to Freedom is, so posting this chapter…
What makes me write? Oh, that’s easy. The little blue imp with the electric cattle prod makes me. Well, not really, but that is what it feels like sometimes. Especially when you are not in the mood to put pen to paper, but then your conscience digs at you to move your butt and get…
Last weekend the family went to visit Newark, Ohio on a research trip for some storylines I want to write for The Way to Freedom series. I wanted to have a look firsthand at the prehistoric earthworks that are located around the area. There are quite a few of them! The Newark Earthworks are the largest…
I thought that I might tell you all a little bit about where I got the idea for the group known as ‘The Kalarthri’. The Kalarthri are drawn from the second born children of the Suene Empire and are used as an indentured ‘slave’ workforce for a period of thirty years. After that, the Kalarthri are pensioned off…
Do you ever dream your book? I do. When I go to sleep at night, my mind is buzzing with whatever story I was working on and I fall to sleep dreaming of my stories. And occasionally my waking dreams help me work through whatever plot holes had been bugging me the day before. But…
I have been awfully quiet of late. That is because I have been a little sick over the last month or so. So much so that I was admitted into hospital on my birthday with an annoying case of cellulitis and was there for a week. I have now just started to get my energy…
News Spring is going strong here in Ohio, with at least one large thunderstorm running through each week. This then has everyone on edge about twisters… But weird weather is a thing here in Ohio – very much like living in Victoria, Australia. You can go through all four seasons in one day. 🙂 What am…
If Snoopy can do it, then anybody can 🙂 This is just to remind people that there is a story in every one of us. You just have to make the time to write it out. And also remember – even Snoopy didn’t like his critics 🙂 Watch the video below to get inspired!
An Official Missive By Justicar Videan Tsarland Trouble is brewing along our northern borders. Arranian forces are massing around the passes on their side of the Bhaglier Mountains. This can only mean one thing. That they are gathering with their Ice Tiger allies and are going to make an unprovoked attack on the Great…
I will openly admit that I have been reading a horrendous amount of Agatha Christie of late (my own favorites being Evil under the Sun and Death on the Nile), and felt inspired to write a brief post about her career and what can be learned from it. Agatha Christie was a master at her…
I have read a LOT of books over the last few years about writing and marketing for authors. And no matter if you are self published or traditionally published, as an author, you need to know about both. I have been thinking a lot lately about what books every writer should have on their bookshelves…
