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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Anarchy

Here we have the penultimate volume of War of Nytefall.  You can tell from the title that things are going to go wrong.  The overall story ending up becoming more complicated than I originally planned too.  Lost took a more central … Continue reading

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The Fantasy Elf Stereotypes

I was thinking about fantasy stereotypes a while back.  Naturally, my mind went to elves and how they are typically depicted the same way in fantasy.  The above meme notes a lot of what people think, which primarily comes from … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Savagery

There were two versions of Savagery when I was outlining.  One had the big villain showing up once per book before it being 18-19 chapters of brutal battling.  The other was what I used instead, which turned into a deviation from Clyde’s … Continue reading

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Lucretia’s Luggage Shop: Buy 3, Get a Tote Free

Welcome to the store with all of your traveling container needs.  We have every color you could imagine and all materials we could turn into a suitcase.  I see you’re going on a long trip with others.  May I suggest … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Ravenous

This became a fun book to write.  Ravenous was originally just a mid-series adventure that wasn’t going to have a lot of impact.  Just a fun tale while Clyde and his forces handle their grief.  Not sure why I made it that … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘War of Nytefall: Lost’

War of Nytefall: Lost is the second volume of the series.  It introduces a character that people on the blog seemed to enjoy.  Come to think of it, everyone seems to like my whacky, crazy, random characters.  Not much love for … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Nytefall: Loyalty’

Here we are at the start of the War of Nytefall recollections.  Not sure what else to call it and my brain isn’t braining as well as it should.  Loyalty is what started the series that depicts the vampire civil war of Windemere … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks’

The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks . . . Where to even begin? This is a short story collection staring Ichabod Brooks.  He is an experienced adventurer with a wife and kid back home.  The jobs put food on the … Continue reading

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Primordial Forces in Fiction

This topic is pretty tough to research since I kept coming across different lists of primordial forces and systems.  Maybe one can’t really stand up and say here is the definitive list.  Doesn’t help that primordial gets used a lot.  … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Quest of the Brokenhearted’

The inspiration for Quest of the Brokenhearted was ‘Castlevania’.  I loved the games where you played as a Belmont or Alucard to get through a castle full of monsters.  Your goal was to defeat Count Dracula.  For a long time, … Continue reading

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