Well chapter 43 is done. This time the writing in and of itself wasn’t so bad but this chapter is the classic confrontational battle, good versus evil, the main antagonists matched up to the death. If there was only one character against one other character it wouldn’t be nearly as difficult to keep things straight, … Read More
Well, it’s free if you are an Amazon Prime member and have access to Kindle Unlimited. The bad news is that in order for Shepherds to be eligible for KU, it cannot be offered anywhere else as an ebook. So, I delisted it at all the other outlets where it is legally offered and therefore … Read More
I finally finished revisions on chapter 42. It was another struggle, in places so bad I began to wonder who wrote that crap, though I know I did it. In one section I had somehow forgotten that our hero and his friends had captured a castle formerly held by the chief villain and they were … Read More
Only four more chapters to review, revise, edit. You’d think that would be done quickly. But, I’ve been working on chapter 41 for almost two weeks. Every time I read through it, more things popped up that had to be changed, things that were missing, things that were wrong, characters who left the scene and … Read More
Work on the final draft of “Fall of the Western Kings” continues, now passing page 250. While I’ve been writing I’ve been thinking about what makes a good “sword and sorcery” fantasy novel. The book I’m working on has magic swords, dragons, wizards with great powers and weaknesses, shape-changers, elves, nymphs and fantastic characters from … Read More
I like to provide feedback to authors after I read a book. I tend to provide at least a rating for books and usually write a review to explain some of the reasons why I rated it the way I did. The most common softwares impose a one to five stars rating system, one being … Read More
As promised, for those who’ve been following along with my updates on the soon (I hope) to be published fantasy novel, I’ve posted the first chapter of Fall of the Western Kings here as a pdf. Check it out and don’t hesitate to email me thoughts on what you think via my “contact” button here … Read More
Work continues on the fantasy novel. I’m planning to post the first chapter as a freebie maybe next week. In the meantime there is still plenty of work to be done, writing better, making sure all that’s going on in the story is clear to readers and of course getting a cover. Some days, having … Read More
Within every fantasy world there is magic. We all love it, the wizards and wizardesses who can do amazing feats just by casting a spell. But within every fantasy world there has to be limits to the magic otherwise the mages would rule everything and armies would be useless and nonexistent and pretty much we … Read More
Today was more work on the ending. And no matter what I do without ending up being trite there just does not seem to be any fitting place to find out what happen to Gwen, a key character in the first chapter who doesn’t appear again. That missing info might leave readers to wondering about … Read More