I am continuing my presentation of the characters. This time, I am introducing one of the youngest characters age-wise but one of the oldest when it comes to her first appearance: Princess Nadyenne Crystelan.
Category Archives: Writing
Writing: the second sample
In the spirit of sharing, it’s the time to share another early sample from my work-in-progress.
Continue reading12/2018 Writing update
The last month of 2018 is nearing its end and so is my writing activity for this year. I gave some hints of my progress in some of my other posts throughout the last days – and I’ll now share how some of them turned out.
Continue readingWriting: intimacy in fantasy
Not so long ago, I made a post about how I see intimacy and sex scenes as a reader of fantasy literature – and what factors I see as important in redards to including such a scene. This time, I’ll share my thoughts as a writer.
Warning: potentially sensitive content inside this post.
Continue readingWriting: Precipice of the final battle
The moment I awaited for so long is coming. My early drafting of the third book of my to-be fantasy trilogy is coming to its end. The heroes are standing at the precipice of the final battle. And I will finally know how it all goes down.
Forging a character: Archmage Ereanel
In the second episode of this series, I’m revealing the process of creating one of the main characters of my to-be fantasy story: Archmage Ereanel Owlbeak, the best friend of Kraasian Darkwood – the warrior I introduced in the first episode.
Writing: Language influences
Being a second-language writer has several risks. Apart from the obvious ones like not understanding some finer workings of the language, the worst is probably carrying aspects of one language into the another – which is what this post will be about.
Writing: Thoughts about gadgets
Writers can do much with their imaginations. This includes various devices to help both sides of the conflict. These can be anything from small, useful things to devices that have a large-scale impact on what a character can do. They can even break a genre’s boundary, allowing something one could not normally do.
Clich̩s Рthe necessary evil?
Here comes another post inspired by a discussion on Goodreads, this time about clichés. They are something advised against but can you avoid them completely? Can you use them well?
Writing: which English to use?
This post will cover an issue I face as a second-language writer. Through a mixture of influences, what I use is a mix of UK and US English. As I go on with drafting, I know I’ll face a decision on that matter regarding which variant I should lean towards.
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