Category: fantasy

• April 17, 2024

  What I mean when I say “Herezoth has heart”

  Every writer loves a good review. But sometimes, you get a review that gives evidence that your fiction is touching hearts in the way you’d hoped it would–in the way that you pray it might. I like to say that “Herezoth is for everyone,” referencing my Herezoth trilogy, and I mean it. We all need…
• April 14, 2024

  Character Spotlight: Vane the Valiant

  

  “The Magic Council: The Fight for Home” doesn’t follow only one character the way “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” follows Kora. It has a more omniscient point of view. That said, Vane Unsten is definitely the protagonist of book two of the Herezoth trilogy. He’s a sorcerer, the nephew of villain Zalski Forzythe…
• April 13, 2024

  Why book two of my trilogy is my favorite

  Book two of any trilogy tends to be my favorite. Consider “The Two Towers” and “The Empire Strikes Back,” just to name a couple of examples. But there are reasons I have a particular love of book of my own Herezoth trilogy. Here are just a few spoiler-free reasons for that. Needless to say, I…
• March 8, 2024

  My book is FREE March 8-10! Feel free to take advantage of the gift!

  Today through Sunday, “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” is free to download on Kindle. You can get it here. Why should you? First, let that cover pull you in 🙂 Second, some common themes running through reviews and feedback have been heartening. It’s bingeworthy. Someone who gave it to their aunt said she…
• March 2, 2024

  FIGHT FOR HOME (AND HEREZOTH) WITH “THE MAGIC COUNCIL” ON MAY 30!

  Please mark your calendars for May 30, and help me spread the word! In “The Magic Council: The Fight for Home,” the second installment of the Herezoth trilogy, the stakes soar higher as young sorcerer Vane Unsten returns to his homeland, Herezoth. Amidst political turmoil and the shadow of a secret society’s sinister machinations, Vane…
• February 16, 2024

  ARCs will be available soon for “The Magic Council”!

  If you read “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” and are interested in an ARC (pdf or epub) of “The Magic Council: The Fight for Home”, I should have them available in 5-7 weeks. If you’d like an ARC in exchange for an honest review, please shoot me an email at vgreferauthor@yahoo.com I am…
• February 5, 2024

  Update: working on front and back matter

  I’m working on front and back matter for book two (“The Magic Council: The Fight for Home”) and I finally figured out who to dedicate it to. My Church family. They’ve given me a home. They support and encourage me in the absolutely most important things. They are my support system in the spiritual battles…
• January 8, 2024

  Different ways a scene or conversation can advance the plot

  There are various way a scene or conversation in your novel can advance the plot–because every scene should advance the plot in some way (prologues maybe excepted, as they take place before the plot begins and set it up). No scene is going to, or needs to, do all of the things I’m going to…
• January 1, 2024

  The question to ask before you cut a scene or paragraph

  There are LOTS of times as a writer when you need to cut a paragraph or scene from your WIP. Before you do, there’s a question to ask yourself: DOES THIS PIECE OF WRITING CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT I NEED TO INCORPORATE ELSEWHERE? My editor recently suggested I cut a paragraph from book two of…
• December 15, 2023

  I can’t wait to get book two out!

  In a lot of ways, the hardest part of the journey of “The Magic Council: The Fight for Home” awaits me next January when the manuscript returns from my editor. But I’m excited for next year and to get this book out there. Will have to intentionally enjoy the journey and live the journey each…