As one of the central characters of my story, The Legend of Nariko : Mark of Silverfrost, I spent a fair bit of time trying to figure out how best to portray Asandra, The Bloodfire. Early on in the character's inception, I was enamored with the spirit of rebellion against a tyrannical empire. The willful … Continue reading Character Design: Asandra The Bloodfire
Lately I've found most of my inspiration in music, in orchestral soundtracks that invoke a visual narrative in one's mind. It has been the greatest source of creativity for me in the past few years, many songs inspiring some of the best written parts of my novel. One of the greatest things about music though … Continue reading Music, The Best Distraction
Hello all! It has been almost a month now since I've published my first book Legend of Nariko: Mark of Silverfrost on Amazon.ca. As this was my first book I tried to be as thorough in my research of Kindle Publishing as I could, mostly due to my own paranoia and caution (you don't want to put … Continue reading Lessons from Self-Publishing : Amazon’s KDP Select Exclusivity
After years of writing and editing, I’ve finally published my first book! The Legend of Nariko: Mark of Silverfrost, first book in the Nariko Series. Amazon Page : https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06Y49265Q Goodreads Page : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34821817-the-legend-of-nariko The past few years have been chaotic with school, work and trying to complete my first book, but now with everything stabilizing, … Continue reading First Book published and Blog Resurrection!!
Hi Everyone! I know its been forever since I've posted anything, but I've decided that rather than resurrecting this old blog I would start fresh with a brand new blog! My new blog is called The Written Design (Catchy isn't it? no its not I know) thewrittendesign.wordpress.com Here I'll still discuss everything I did before. … Continue reading New Blog!
Hi Everyone! Its been a while since I last posted, but life has gotten a fair bit crazier these past few months. Graduating and starting a new job, it's hard to find time for the other parts of life. But now that things have slowed down, I can start up again. Over the past few … Continue reading New Blog Plans
My first book, The Lost Daughter, is almost done! Still being read by test readers before it can officially be published. But hopefully it will be released very soon. I've been working on the cover, basically I still need to practice how to draw/color swords as it is central in this picture. But I feel … Continue reading Book Cover 1!
Hello Everyone, Sorry if this post might be a bit late, I've been spending a lot of time working on editing my novel. But while I was editing my novel, it occurred to me that playing around with the characters could create an interesting circumstance. One idea was swapping the genders of a few of my … Continue reading Thoughts on Character Creation
Life has been rather crazy in the past few months. Approaching the end of my university career, I went into overdrive when it came to writing my first novel. The good news is that I can report that I have completed the first draft of my novel! It is currently in the editing process and I … Continue reading Update! I’m Alive!
Hello everyone!I must apologize once again, life seems to get in the way far too often. Work piles up, papers and midterms need doing, relationships ending, all the usual time killers. It's become more difficult to consistently write new chapters and, while writing during my commute to school and work provides some writing time, it … Continue reading Update and Reflection!
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