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Imagine you're listening to a song and suddenly, right before your eyes, some of your original characters begin singing it or dancing to it. Sort of like a musical. Well, this is what happens in my head every time I hear a song appropriate for my own novel characters (and sometimes my roleplay characters too!)…
Continue reading ➞ Character Themesongs: Why They’re so Fun!
Goliath and Sambuca--the poster children of my Kingdoms of Blood series. Harcloniter did an amazing job with them, really, and the first time I got a picture from him, I realized that his style would be perfect to represent my characters. If you go to the character corner section of my website, you'll notice the…
Let's start things off by taking a look at an art piece I got for my current main roleplay character, Lady Fallynn Iceblood. This artist, MizunoSuzuka, created this image when I commissioned her based on the description of my character. Now, in game, Fallynn doesn't have wings--she doesn't even have them in the roleplay story…
I was chilling on Twitter, which I use as a 'marketing platform' (or am trying to, technically as of now I'm not selling anything and my books are free) when I came across this article. It's about how several authors tweeted out against a college student that stated college books should be a bit more…
Continue reading ➞ All Genre Have Merit, and Criticism is Fine too.
Sometimes my muse looks like this art piece I did many years ago. Oh trust me, I still suck at drawing, though someday I hope to at least try and refine my skills. But, alas, it's crooked, has an evil smile as it stares upon me, and has been all ripped up and put back…
Gosh, the fourth book in my Kingdoms of Blood universe is coming along very well. The way I do my books is kind of weird, though. Red Viper and the Vampire War and The Vampire War: Conclusion are both linked and important to be read together. However, Cobratongue University: Spring Semester and Cobratongue: A Bloody…
Art Credit: Rammaru, of Ares Arcachnida. Elapid Kingdom's most famous gang sat around a table in their clubhouse, and the tension in the air could almost be cut with a knife. Ares, the leader of said gang, glared down at a sheet of paper in silence, his fangs bared in disbelief. Frustrated, he let out…
I never thought I'd be making an extensive website, nor did I think I'd run a writer's blog. What do we put in here, anyway? Our writing progress? Well, I'm working on Book 2 in the Cobratongue University series (or book 4 in the overarching Kingdoms of Blood world) for National Writing month. It's going…
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