One Character Down In the evolution of the next book in the first Lodge of the Wolf arc, I’ve decided that I may enjoy character creation a little too much. One constructive criticism from Orchids Ablaze was too many characters were running around. There actually was logic and research behind the number of characters I […]
Fight Scenes I don’t think it’s giving too much away at this point to say that Book 2: Chapter 1 currently is one big battle. I wanted to start things off with a, literal, bang However, as I near the end of the first cut of Chapter 1, it is beginning to feel very long. […]
New Augments on the Block On the heroic side of Book #2, two new characters make their debut: Psykout and Witchwolf Shaman. Returning from Orchids Ablaze are main characters (Blackhowl, Twilight Huntress, and Fyreplay), but the Lodge of the Wolf needs new blood for future tales. On the villainous side, readers will finally meet Lord […]
Origin Story Update I’ve been working on the short pieces that I intend to share with you, kind reader, on the website. After re-reading the character origin “excerpts” for Constance Sorrow and Twilight Huntress, I fear I fractured a golden rule. It isn’t broken completely, but there’s definitely room for improvement. The Twilight on the […]
Optimism Most people that know me would not consider me an optimist. However, I have apparently been guilty of optimism with regard to the next book. As I began work on the interior meat of the new book, I discovered I haven’t accounted for certain design elements. There are several variations to the quote: “No […]
Only a quick update for this session. The first cut at the prologue is now complete at around 1600 words. It may be a little on the long side for a prologue. Given previous drafts, I’m estimating those 1600 words will drop to around 1200 to 1300 “keepers” in the final version. That’s a reasonable […]