November 23, 2021 Fantasy Tropes – The Mentor It’s been a long time since I talked about fantasy tropes! So much of my life revolves around research right now – and my…
September 15, 2021 Worldbuilding Fantasy: Shifting Sands as a Case Study I can’t believe it’s only two days until the next wave of Shifting Sands arrives. If you need to catch-up, make sure to do…
August 30, 2021 The MBTI of Character: Nahlena It’s been a few months since I did a blog post that revolves heavily around Shifting Sands. A side-effect of my research life holding…
July 5, 2021 Becoming a Writer: The Livejournal Days This project keeps making me reflect on who I am and how I got here. Maybe it’s seeing Shifting Sands through multiple perspectives? Or…
May 3, 2021 The MBTI of Characters: Aamarin I’m realising that a lot of the things I’m interested in are about self-discovery. A big thread through my research is trying to understand…
April 5, 2021 The Cost of Self-Publishing: Can anyone really write a book? Okay, so I know I’m meant to be continuing on with the Lessons series – and I will! – but recently I’ve been thinking…
February 15, 2021 Writing Magic – Types, Rules, and Consequences This week, I played around with writing outside of my usual fantasy genre. I wrote the first chapter of a romantic comedy for a…
November 30, 2020 Building an Author Brand (Part 1) It used to be that when we talked about brands, we generally meant a company with a recognisable logo, slogans, and so on. I…
November 16, 2020 Creating Fantasy Book Covers As I move ever closer to releasing Shifting Sands into the world, I’ve had to move into dealing with some of the details that…
October 5, 2020 Writing Resources – Worldbuilding There’s nothing I love more than seeing how other people do the things I do. Like writing. Do they start with a character and…
