The Swords of Kaigen (Guest Post Sample)
A visual guide to the katanas featured in The Sword of Kaigen. With 2019 coming to a close, I realized that I've actually written far…
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THE SWORD OF KAIGEN is a SPFBO Finalist!
For those who don't follow indie publishing, SPFBO stands for Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off, a yearly competition created by fantasy author, Mark Lawrence. The contest begins…
Writing Fighting: Action as Character & Conversation (Guest Post Sample)
A post in which I review what I learned about writing action scenes while working on The Sword of Kaigen. With 2019 coming to a…
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On Writing Young and Old (Guest Post Sample)
In which I discuss self-awareness in continuing to write young adult stories as a no-longer-that-young adult. With 2019 coming to a close, I realized that…
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Letters From the Past (Guest Post Sample)
On West African scripts and the real-world origin of the Yammaninke Alphabet. With 2019 coming to a close, I realized that I've actually written far…
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The Sword of Kaigen Blog Tour is here! #TheSwordOfKaigenBlogTour
Way back in April, the amazing Karina at Afire Pages reached out to me offering to review and possibly host a blog tour for The…
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Theonite Source Bibliography
African history is so neglected in most of the world that a reader could be forgiven for thinking that the Yammanka people of my Theonite…
Month of Firsts: Writing & Life Update – August 2019
Hello dear readers! M. L. Wang here with a brief update on my life, writing, and other author stuff. First, I just want to let…
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3 Things I SHOULD Have Done Before Publishing my First Book
The following post was originally written in response to a Tumblr ask (which can be viewed here) hence the informal language. I'm re-publishing it here…
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A Gardener’s Guide to Character Writing – 6 exercises to create a functional & fully realized character
The following 6-point guide to character writing is comprised of two 3-point guides. The first three exercises should help you create a functional character. The…