Tag Archives: villains

What If the Villain Makes Sense?

Above is a fairly epic speech from the manga/anime ‘One Piece’.  I say fairly because you wouldn’t know it unless you watched or read the series.  It is said by one of the more popular villains, Donquixote Doflamingo, during a … Continue reading

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Revisiting Origins: Baron Arthuru Kernaghan

(Realized I never did an early origin post for the Baron.  It was just this one right before I released the final volume.  Looking it over, I don’t think I would have changed anything.  There was the temptation to have … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: Fantasy Standards

(This is a pretty simple poem.  Perfect opportunity to simply remind people that Do I Need to Use a Dragon? is available as a $2.99 eBook and a $20 paperback.) Noble thieves and evil priests Damsels in distress Champions chosen by ancient … Continue reading

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Do I Need to Use a Dragon?- Importance of Villains

(Can’t write about characters without touching on villains.  We all love a good bad guy.  Even more than the heroes.  This was a fun one to think about. Going to take a chunk out of the middle too.) Due to … Continue reading

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Do I Need to Use a Dragon?- Female Characters

( I couldn’t avoid this topic.  Hopefully, I handled it well, but you never know.) This is a question I get asked a lot and it always throws me. Personally, I put my heroes through the wringer regardless of gender. … Continue reading

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Questions 3: The Characters

Characters are rather important to a story.  Even if you only have one, they need to have some kind of personality.  That’s why I dedicated a section of Do I Need to Use a Dragon? to this topic.  It covered a lot … Continue reading

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Training vs Experience

Another area of discussion is ‘Training vs Experience’.  People argue over which one is better.  You see this a lot when people are debating characters fighting each other.  Many think training always wins against experience alone while others go in … Continue reading

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The Smartest Hero in the Room

One of the hardest characters to write may be the genius hero.  This is the one who knows about everything and supplies answers to all questions.  He might not even be in the main cast, but he’s there to make … Continue reading

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#3 of 2022: Writing Nobility Tips

(This post originally went live on March 4th, 2022.) As a fantasy author, I have to consider the layers of society.  Nobles are the clearest division because they are composed of the kings, queens, princes, princesses, and other titled folks.  … Continue reading

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Legends of Windemere Paperbacks and eBooks Available!

For this month, I’m going to use Tuesdays to do a promo for the paperbacks.  There are still eBooks though.  Fingers crossed that I get a few sales of both during the start of this year. First up, we have Legends … Continue reading

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