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How I Create Characters

Posted: October 25th, 2016

Category: Book four, Character Development, For new writers, Kingdom Blades, Organic writing, World-Building

Tags: #amwriting, allegorical fantasy, character development, epic fantasy, plot development, writing organically

Many of you have been asking about my process for creating characters—how I came up with certain characters, and more generally, how I make my characters seem real. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may have read one of my earlier posts on organic writing. For those of you who are. . . Read More

On the Author’s Responsibility to Fans

Posted: October 10th, 2016

Category: Author-Reader interaction, Book four, Imagination & Creativity, Kingdom Blades

Tags: author-reader interaction, fantasy, fantasy world-building, Kingdom Blades, series philosophy

I’ve been thinking about my responsibility to you as my readers, and that got me to thinking about universes. Not the kind that surround us but the kind we carry with us—worlds complete, comprising places imagined by others, populated with people not of our creation, yet colored in by our own mental energy; the universes that. . . Read More

Paths of Alir on Audible October 18th!

Posted: October 6th, 2016

Category: Audiobooks, Book Three, Paths of Alir

Tags: A Pattern of Shadow and Light Book 3, audiobook, epic fantasy series, New Releases, Paths of Alir, release date

I know the majority of you are waiting for Kingdom Blades at the end of this month, but an increasing number of people are asking me kindly when Paths of Alir will be available on Audible, and I can now confirm the audiobook will be released on October 18th. You can preorder it now. Please remember to. . . Read More