While not always necessary in all stories, romance can be that additional touch on top of a well thought out storyline. It adds that added bit of drama and tension that a lot of people love to see. It can help with the character development of those involved and can lead to heartwarming scenes or … Continue reading Showing Romance in Storytelling
Story Musing: Travel and Distance
Worldbuilding and character development can be two of the most difficult parts of writing any compelling story. Each takes a long time and careful consideration to come across as believable. One of the most common ways to tell a story is through the concept of the hero’s journey, where the protagonist is forced to go … Continue reading Story Musing: Travel and Distance
Book Review: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Romance novels were never really stories I had taken much interest in. While I do appreciate romance in stories I’ve read, I’ve always stayed clear of romance centered novels as they often tend to focus more on the physical side of romance while I prefer the tender and sentimental moments instead. With that being said, … Continue reading Book Review: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Blog Update: Schedule for the remainder of the year
Hello Everyone!Something that’s been bothering me is how inconsistent I’ve been with my blog posting schedule. Reflecting on the past year, I realize I’ve often missed my upload dates and I’ve had to either post late or not post at all. It’s obviously not a good thing to be as inconsistent as I’ve been and … Continue reading Blog Update: Schedule for the remainder of the year
Delayed post to next week
Hi everyone!Sorry, last week was rather chaotic and unfortunately I wasn't able to write and article for today. I'll have a new post ready for next week. Thanks! - Raphael
Book Review: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret projects #2) by Brandon Sanderson
Normally when reading a novel by Brandon Sanderson, I expect to have a pretty enjoyable time reading it. When he wrote three books during quarantine, I was fairly excited to read them. I absolutely love the other books he had written and Tress of the Emerald Sea which was the first of his Secret Project … Continue reading Book Review: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret projects #2) by Brandon Sanderson
Author Update: Draft #2 done, Updated Editions Incoming
Hello everyone!It’s been quite some time since I’ve last given an update, almost half a year now actually. It’s safe to say a lot has happened since then, especially with regards to editing the second draft and why it took so long. There’s the obvious answer that there was a lack of focus and direction … Continue reading Author Update: Draft #2 done, Updated Editions Incoming
Story Musing: The 5D Storyline
Constructing an engaging story with characters that are likeable or interesting is a challenge in of itself, but writing a story with multiple moving and complex parts can be an incredible challenge. The 5D (five dimensional) storyline, as I like to call it, is a story with multiple plot threads happening all at once that … Continue reading Story Musing: The 5D Storyline
Book Review: The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Lee
Writing about the expanded history of the Avatar The Last Airbender really allows for the exploration of the darker parts of the established world. Continuing Yangchen’s story tells a story far more foreboding and bleaker than one would expect. The Avatar stories tend to be more focused on overt and bombastic adventures and even the … Continue reading Book Review: The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Lee
Author Musing: Reading to Become a Better Writer
Hello everyone! To be quite candid, the past few months have been quite difficult to finish the second draft of book 3 for The Legend of Nariko series. I suspect part of the reason for this is that I was trying to force the words to come out onto the page without being able to … Continue reading Author Musing: Reading to Become a Better Writer
Raph's Cozy Musings 