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Teaser Tuesday: The Foggy Orchard

Today, we’re going to revisit another setting from Charms of the Feykin.  This was made up as I went along, so I was happy with the results.  Though, the full results are in the ebook, which you can buy for $2.99.

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Teaser Tuesday: Should We Knock?

This excerpt is from the early parts of War of Nytefall: Savagery.  It starts off a mystery that Clyde won’t like the answer to.  Mab isn’t looking too good either.

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Teaser Tuesday: Battling the Unseen

Here’s part of one of my favorite battles in Quest of the Brokenhearted.  Coming up with fun and unique fights for Kira Grasdon was a challenge.  Thankfully, monsters have a lot of versatility if you don’t stick to the traditionals.

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Poetry Day: Magic Beans

(Not really sure where this one came from.  Darwin is mentioned, but it has nothing to do with his story.) Darwin had a bag of beans Each with a special gift The red beans made him super strong The green … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Everthorne the Northern Sister City

Teasers have returned!  Here is an excerpt from The Merchant of Nevra Coil.  Called Everthorne, this is the northern Sister City and sits in a very difficult region.  A briar forest to the south, icy expanses to the east, swamplands … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Do I Need to Use a Dragon?’

This book has been out for a little over a year.  So, I don’t think this is going to be much of a looking back.  Making the situation even more difficult, this book plagued me for a while due to … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at War of Nytefall: Eulogy

The finale of War of Nytefall wasn’t an easy story to write.  Having to juggle the aftermath of the previous volume, I put myself into a rather difficult corner.  Can’t even do a synopsis without spoilers.  I’ll just touch on the … Continue reading

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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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