[LIKE] - [COMMENT] - [SHARE] NOTE: these links point to Substack! Greetings from the Xen’in Universe! Can’t believe it’s December again already. Where does time go when we’re not looking? Wait. There’s a story there, isn’t there? I can feel it. *takes mental note* Anyway… November was a much better month word-wise than the previous, though not quite as good as September. I ended up writing 56,124 words. That included two short stories (both of which I published right here on Substack), half...
19 days ago • 5 min read
[LIKE] - [COMMENT] - [SHARE] NOTE: these links point to Substack! PREFACE: Reikk returns in this crazy adventure where he has to confront… a god? Oh boy, this is not going to end well, is it? Oh, and fair warning: the opening is a tidbit graphic! The sun-drenched valley assaulted my senses with all its gory details. A slaughter had come for a stroll—dismembered bodies sprawled across the ground, with blood soaking the earth and grass. Frightened horses neighed nearby. I dismounted from mine,...
about 1 month ago • 24 min read
[LIKE] - [COMMENT] - [SHARE] NOTE: these links point to Substack! Greetings from the Xen’in Universe! I have a lot of news to report this month, but let us begin with the traditional word count recap. While September was a high (76,390 words) October was a low (25,640). The main reason for this was that I spent two weeks prepping Book 2 of the Dragon Dice trilogy I’m writing for TreeShaker Books. I ran into many issues while writing Book 1 that made the process both painful and unnecessarily...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
[LIKE] - [COMMENT] - [SHARE] NOTE: these links point to Substack! PREFACE: And so we return to eddo Silius. This installment is more of a transitional one. It sets up a lot of little details that will play a role later in the series. And while it should theoretically work as a standalone, this one relies a lot more on what was established previously. So I strongly encourage you to read the previous four stories before this one—and it all started here. XXX. Today, I bought a new house. It...
2 months ago • 24 min read
[LIKE] - [COMMENT] - [SHARE] NOTE: these links point to Substack! Greetings from the Xen’in Universe! I am happy to report that I just completed an extremely productive month, ending up this time with 76,390 words. Not quite as good as June (85,281) but more than twice what I’d achieved the previous month (33,560). More importantly, I finally finished writing “The Bands of Turambar” which is the first novel in a trilogy of tie-in novels for the Dragon Dice setting I’m doing for TreeShaker...
3 months ago • 1 min read
[LIKE] - [COMMENT] - [SHARE] NOTE: these links point to Substack! It’s 3 am and I saw it again, clawing at the wall across the street. Its screech drew me from sleep, ringing in my ears as if it screamed inside my head. It’s been ten nights and I am breaking at the seams! I cannot take this any longer. Why is it singling me out? No one else sees, let alone hears it. I asked. All I got were empty stares. I can tell they think I’m nuts. And maybe I am. What is wrong with me? I need to sleep!...
3 months ago • 4 min read
[LIKE] - [COMMENT] - [SHARE] NOTE: these links point to Substack! Greetings from the Xen’in Universe! So I’ll start with the good news. I got more words done in August than in July. 33,560 words vs 19,320. Still lower than what I pulled in June (85,281) but it’s on the way back up. One thing I figured out though is why my numbers tend to dip like that. I mean, obviously, if I procrastinate, I won’t be as prolific. But that’s not what’s going on here. Or, rather, it’s not the root cause. The...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Epic Fantasy / 7000 words [LIKE] - [COMMENT] - [SHARE] NOTE: these links point to Substack! Blood dripped from my wounds as I stumbled into the streets of Edammedd. My vision was bleary, and my chest hurt like hell. The coolness of the air and the scent of freshly baked bread did nothing to soothe me. Truthfully, I’d had better days. People stared at me with red eyes. Perhaps they would have been wary, had they not been so weary. Dragging my feet, I made it to the inn. The owner watched me...
4 months ago • 29 min read
[LIKE] - [COMMENT] - [SHARE] NOTE: these links point to Substack! Greetings from the Xen’in Universe! This month was a major let-down compared to June, as I only managed 19,320 words. It wasn’t for lack of trying, but I ran into too many snags on both of my ongoing projects. Because of that I’ve fallen behind quite a bit on my schedule, so I had to pause the spy series to focus on the Dragon Dice trilogy. I’ve picked up some speed in the last few days (I’m already at over 8k six days into...
5 months ago • 3 min read