Creative Writing with the Crimson League

June 1, 2024

A New Month! What are your plans and goals?

Now that May and my book launch are past, apart from continuing to push and market my Herezoth trilogy (e-book and paperback available on Amazon), my focus will be on three things: I’m writing this in advance, towards the beginning of May. I already have planned to take the entire week of Memorial Day off…

May 31, 2024

Character Spotlight: Francie the Fearless

Francie Rafe is a really fun character–and pretty complex, I think. She had a rough childhood and carries a lot of guilt, not all of it necessarily her own. Francie grew up in the northern village of Fontferry and was Vane‘s best friend in childhood, before his Aunt Teena took him to Herezoth’s capital city…

May 30, 2024

TODAY IS THE DAY! “The Magic Council” is out!

Launch day is HERE, y’all! The Crimson League is free on Kindle. The Magic Council is temporarily less than a dollar on Kindle. And both are available in paperback on Amazon. Learn more at www.herezothtrilogy.com There’s more about the books below, but first, I just wanted to thank, with all my heart, everyone who has…

May 29, 2024

One day to go! Reflection on pre-book launch jitters

A book launch is such a fun experience, and such a fulfilling accomplishment. It can’t satisfy the deep longings of the human heart, but when you’ve worked long and hard on a book that you know has something of real value to offer to other people, it’s a wonderful feeling to know it’s going out…

May 28, 2024

KIDNAPPED: read the final version of a scene from “The Magic Council” that I shared a draft of months ago!

Ursa Hincken’s basement was sprawling and nearly empty. Moonlight filtered through narrow windows set high in a stone wall, making shadows dance with the stiffness of a crab and the passion of a pouncing lion. No actual crabs or lions called the basement home, but a friendly mouse lived in a barrel on which spiders…

May 27, 2024

Important correction regarding: “The Magic Council”

I just wanted to clarify that as I went to set the price of “The Magic Council to 99 cents for the kindle version, KDP would not let me do this for the 70% royalty option. That is only possible for the 35% royalty option. I had planned to set the kindle version to 99…

May 27, 2024

This is a BIG week for me, but it’s only the start of what’s coming in 2024 for me as an author! Let me spill the tea . . .

This week, with book two of the Herezoth trilogy launching on Thursday and the tenth anniversary of what I call my conversion experience, is a huge week for me. But it is only the start of things to come in 2024. Please keep posted . . . there will be much more happening. There will…

May 26, 2024

The difference a good woman makes (August vs Malzin)

I wrote yesterday about my villain Zalksi Forzythe and one of my favorite heroes, his nephew Vane Unsten. I went a bit into the ways they are similar. One of my favorite things about them is that they are incredible figures in and of themselves, for good or ill. They are principled. They have goals,…

May 25, 2024

Is Vane a lot like Zalski?

I’ve been thinking a bit lately about Vane and Zalski. Vane is the protagonist of The Magic Council, and I just adore him. He’s not perfect, but he’s a hero at the end of the day–because he’s selfless. He strives to live up to the example of worthy role models, has a deep sense of…

May 24, 2024

Who will enjoy “The Magic Council: The Fight for Home”?

With a book launch coming up next Thursday, May 30 on Amazon, I wanted to take a moment to let you know who is most likely to enjoy the book, and to ask for your help to make my launch successful. Readers who enjoy: will enjoy The Magic Council: The Fight for Home. This is…