Creative Writing with the Crimson League

July 1, 2024

Complete trilogy cover collection!

I realized I have not looked at all three covers for the Herezoth trilogy together yet. So this post is just for fun, to see them all grouped together! There you go! They look PREH-TTY snazzy, if I do say so! The trilogy is three separate stories that take place over twenty-five years. I love…

June 30, 2024

COVER REVEAL!!! Book THREE of the Herezoth Trilogy is coming your way Nov. 1!

I’m SOOO excited to reveal the cover and a draft of the back cover for book three of the Herezoth Trilogy, coming November 1, 2024. This means . . . and I’m so excited about it . . . the whole trilogy will be available in time for the Christmas season. The whole trilogy! The…

June 29, 2024

I’m still in a reading rut, and that’s okay.

I’m still in a reading rut, and that’s okay. I’ve been busy, and I’ve been working on other things, with lots of time-sensitive side projects as an author (stay tuned for surprises!) as well as a full-time job that pays the bills. The side projects aren’t going to end any time soon–which is NOT a…

June 28, 2024

I need to read “Pride and Prejudice” again

I’ve read Pride and Prejudice multiple times, but it’s been years, for sure. Possibly a decade or more. It’s time to read it again. Jane Austen is one of my favorite novelists of all time. Her wit, character development, and sense of the reality and the foibles of fallen human nature are pretty much unmatched.…

June 27, 2024

“Magic Council” Excerpt: Vane meets August

Here is a fun excerpt that I read on my first Facebook live: Vane meets August. ***SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT.*** (Nothing beyond what you would see in a trailer) Again, nothing beyond what you would see in a trailer. However, if you don’t want to know what would be in a trailer, you shouldn’t read further…

June 26, 2024

Guard your mind

The culture of the West today is utterly depraved. It makes my heart sad, but the collapse of the West is undeniable at this point. The art, books, and music being produced are flat at best, and at worst openly promote selfishness, self-aggrandizement, glorification of sin, and victim mentalities that help no one and only…

June 25, 2024

Some ideas for future projects

The Herezoth trilogy will not be the end of Herezoth. I don’t know which other projects I’ll pick up, but I have a bunch of possibilities of where to go next. First up, of course, is the prequel I have mentioned a few times. I have a draft of it, and I’m very happy with…

June 24, 2024

Don’t be afraid to be an amateur

One of my favorite quotes is by G. K. Chesterton, as are MANY of my favorite quotes. The one I’m thinking of right now basically says: “If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” Obviously, this doesn’t apply to literally every situation. The math behind constructing a bridge is NOT worth doing…

June 23, 2024

Prequel thoughts!

It’s been quite a while since I’ve physically worked on my prequel to the Herezoth trilogy, but after getting book three into shape, returning to it will be my next project, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot. It’s in the developmental editing stage–the first and deepest stage of editing that deals with story…

June 22, 2024

Audiobook update: I forgot how much I love Laskenay!

As I write this, I have most of the audiobook version of The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope in for proofing. (It is now currently available on Audible! If it’s not yet on iTunes and Amazon, it will be there in a few days). I listened to Chapter 28 yesterday, “Laskenay’s Tale.” (Learn more…