Category: Creative Writing
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Character Spotlight: Kora’s Daughter, Kansten
Kora’s Kansten is such a fun character. She really comes into her own in book three, but she makes her first real appearance in book two. In many ways, Kansten is like her namesake from the Crimson League. She’s similarly sarcastic and direct, and can be brash. But she’s also her different. The first Kansten…
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What. A. Weekend. (Super Important Update Post!)
This weekend was HUGE on the Herezoth front! I have updates and progress related to each installment of the Herezoth trilogy for you! So let’s dive in. BOOK ONE: I have officially submitted the audiobook version of The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope for approval through ACX. Within ten days, it should be available…
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Herezoth and the theological virtues
I‘ve written before about how, though I do not write explicitly Christian fiction and people from all kinds of backgrounds and views have enjoyed Herezoth, my stories do come from my deep-rooted faith, and they build upon a natural law ethos. I realized recently how/why it is that book two, The Magic Council, is my…
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We are creatures of habit. This can work for or against us. Tap into it!
I’ve been thinking about how we are creatures of habit, because I used to schedule all my posts here to release at 6:55 AM. I took a break, and when I came back to blogging daily, I decided to try releasing posts a little later in the day, at 10:00 AM. Because I still have…
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My favorite voices in the audiobook version of “The Crimson League”
As of this writing on May 9, I’ve listened to 16 chapters of the audiobook of The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope. One of my favorite aspects of it is Dana Allen’s voice work with dialogue, giving each character a fun, unique voice. Here are my favorites: KORA, for sure. Kora’s got a ton…
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Humble, unassuming characters are the BEST!
Some of my favorite characters are the humble, unassuming ones–who do what’s needed, without caring about whether it’s recognized, because it’s needed and it’s the right thing to do. They tend to be sidekicks or minor characters. Helpers. Supporters. They don’t mind sharing, or even giving up, the spotlight after it falls on them here…
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No one told me how much listening to my book as an audiobook would feel like it coming to life
It’s been so much fun working with my narrator, Dana Allen, on an audiobook version of The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope. Maybe it’s just the distance I had from the story before going into the project, but listening to the chapters as they come in . . . I didn’t think it would…
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Character Spotlight: Gratton Welder
I had a lot of fun writing Gratton: one of the king’s most trusted guardsmen. Gratton is originally from Partsvale up north. He has older brothers, most of whom also joined the army before him. Gratton had just become a soldier before Zalski Forzythe executed his coup against the royal family before The Crimson League:…
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The Crimson League in “The Magic Council”: from War Buddies to Family
One of my favorite things in The Magic Council: The Fight for Home is seeing the relationships of the members of the Crimson League (from book one of the Herezoth trilogy) mature and transform. They are all in different circumstances and different stages of life fifteen years after Zalski Forzythe than when we last saw…
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My Only Villain Without Magic
The Magic Council: The Fight for Home has my only villain who doesn’t have magic. I’m talking about Carson Amison, the Duke of Yangerton. He’s a bit older than the king, and he does not want Vane coming to the royal court. So, how much of a threat could he actually be to Vane and…
Creative Writing with the Crimson League 