A guide to the occupational castes featured in The Sword of Kaigen. With 2019 coming to a close, I realized that I've actually written far…
Continue reading → Kafonu: The Castes of Kaigen (Guest Post Sample)
The following letter was copied from my most recent email to my mailing list, since I couldn't bring myself to rephrase it all in a…
Continue reading → Difficult News: Discontinuing the Theonite Series
A post in which I discuss the creative process behind the character of Misaki from The Sword of Kaigen. (Header artwork by Tiffany Jones) With…
Continue reading → Making Misaki (or How Not to Create a Protagonist) (Guest Post Sample)
I had so much fun last year putting together my list of 25 Asian-inspired fantasy books for the launch of The Sword of Kaigen that…
Dear Readers, It's hard to believe that the great planet wheel has already brought us back around to December. But here we are, and it's…
Continue reading → CHARITY MONTH – $1 from every book sale goes to charity!
A post in which I explain my model for the construction of propaganda and show how I used that to inform the 'history lessons' featured…
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…
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…
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…
Continue reading → Writing Fighting: Action as Character & Conversation (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…
Continue reading → On Writing Young and Old (Guest Post Sample)