Hello everyone! It’s been a few days since I’ve published my third book, The Legend of Nariko: Shadows of a Dead World, and I had some time to reflect on the process. There was a lot of good but also a lot of bad I recognize that came out of how I approached writing it. … Continue reading What I Learned From Publishing My Third Book
Tag: Life
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!
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
Being Creative in 2024
While this may be more relevant to 2024, it has been something I’ve been noticing for quite some time now. Whether you’re a writer, an artist, a musician, or really any type of creative person out there, the landscape of social media and the internet as a whole has made it difficult to not only … Continue reading Being Creative in 2024
Book Review: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
While looking for a book to read, I stumbled on a book with a really curious premise. An empire falls and a lone librarian is forced to escape with crates of spellbooks lest they be lost in the fires of revolution. Now reading this, one would assume this could become a harrowing tale of loss, … Continue reading Book Review: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Author Update: Countdown to Publishing!
Hello everyone!It’s been a chaotic month of editing my third book and planning out my fourth book. My editor and I have been going back and forth over notes and considerations so there’s been some revisions but nothing dramatic. Book 3 will still be on track to publish around November hopefully so long as nothing … Continue reading Author Update: Countdown to Publishing!
Author Update: Editing, Revisions and Progress
Hello everyone!I realize this update is two weeks late and I apologize for that. I’ve been rather busy this last month working on the revisions and suggestions my editor has sent me as well as various art projects. There’s a lot I hope to accomplish and I’m realizing that I need to be a lot … Continue reading Author Update: Editing, Revisions and Progress
Raph's Cozy Musings 