Novels

I’ll get there at some point. I want it to be good, my first novel, not great but okay. Which is why this page will remain empty, for a little while longer…

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Very Short Stories

A thousand words! That is the limit I have set upon myself. I’m gonna be honest, there is a cauldron of different tales to be found here, some are not very good, but at least they are interesting.

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Short Stories

Short Stories are my new challenge, which means 7000 words, roughly. I give myself a month to finish them and so far everything seems well. Lets see how long it lasts… 

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I can make any story seem good to a point, polish it and whatnot, but when the plot, the theme, and the whole existence of the story doesn’t work, it will never work. I dug too deep and came out with nothing.

Posted on 3 April, 2020 by

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The worst part about editing is when you realize you like both versions equally as much and you try to incorporate the best bits of both versions into one. It never becomes pretty but you do it anyway, until you destroy both and start…

Posted on 11 March, 2020 by

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LoTR and Info Dumps

The biggest problem with writing fantasy stories is that we have to present a whole new world organically without overwhelming readers with names and places. Tolkien has an interesting way of presenting his world which I don’t think many have tried to emulate since….

Posted on 19 February, 2020 by

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