Hello everyone! Normally I would have a blog post for today but I've spent the past week reviewing my third book, The Legend of Nariko: Shadows of a Dead World, so that I can publish it in the next few days. Right now I'm expecting the publishing date to be Wednesday. Thanks so much for … Continue reading Delayed Post for Book Publishing
Happy New Year and the Plan Going Forward
Hello everyone!I hope you’ve all had a good start to the year. I find it’s a good time for reflections on what happened last and planning around how to make this year better. It’s not necessarily a means to criticize oneself but to consider what worked and what didn’t work. One of the things I … Continue reading Happy New Year and the Plan Going Forward
New Editions of Books 1 and 2 are live!
Hello everyone!Good news and some annoying news. The good news is that the 4th edition of The Legend of Nariko: The Mark of Silverfrost and the 2nd edition of The Legend of Nariko: The Goddess Prophecy are now live! It took a while and several print proofs but it’s finally out! The only annoying thing … Continue reading New Editions of Books 1 and 2 are live!
Status of New Editions and Book 3’s Release
Hello everyone! Some great news and some mixed news. Starting with the great news. The print proofs for the new editions of The Legend of Nariko Mark of Silverfrost and The Goddess Prophecy should be arriving today! Redoing the map and correcting the book cover alignment took a bit longer than I expected. I wanted … Continue reading Status of New Editions and Book 3’s Release
My Top 5 Characters of 2024
Character writing is one of my favorite aspects of storywriting. It’s very difficult and requires a lot of careful thought and consideration but when done correctly, it can be a truly beautiful story told. One of the best things a writer for any medium can do is experience more stories and try to study and … Continue reading My Top 5 Characters of 2024
No post this week, behind schedule
Hi Everyone! Sorry, no post this week as I'm running behind schedule by quite a bit. I'm hoping to catch up this week so that everything can be released in the next few weeks. Thanks for your patience! - Raphael
Story Review: Arcane (Spoiler Free)
Video game adaptations are often a coin flip in terms of their quality. Whether it’s books, movies or shows, it’s often quite rare that one of these adaptations is both faithful to the source material and a really well written story. But once in a while a story comes along that is so beautifully written … Continue reading Story Review: Arcane (Spoiler Free)
The Struggle with “Getting Started”
Hello everyone! Lately I’ve been having a hard time staying focused on creative goals. It’s been rather difficult to sit down and get started on the task at hand. Whether it’s writing, reading, editing, or an art piece, there is a lot of time I find where I’m just sitting there not really doing anything. … Continue reading The Struggle with “Getting Started”
Return from Vacation! But things are a bit rough
Hello Everyone! Sorry for the delayed post. I said I would return at the start of November and I’m late by a week. Unfortunately the past two weeks have been quite difficult as I ended up getting laid off from work basically the second day I was back. I wanted to be a bit candid … Continue reading Return from Vacation! But things are a bit rough
Author Update: Going on Vacation but still Writing and Editing
Hello Everyone! August and September have been rather rough months. I had to deal with an infection that was sapping a lot of my energy dealing with it. Fortunately I’m now at the tail end of it and mostly better now. Unfortunately it’s been an erratic couple months of ups and downs in terms of … Continue reading Author Update: Going on Vacation but still Writing and Editing
Raph's Cozy Musings 