Hello Everyone! Been feeling like a bit of a broken record saying this, but this year has felt particularly exhausting when it comes to trying to return to a sense of normalcy and routine. It’s felt like any work that I’ve done this year has been rather aimless in what I’ve been working towards. That … Continue reading Aimless Progression
Tag: Work
The importance of challenge and deadlines
Hello Everyone, As many have experienced, the past year and a half has been an incredibly draining and exhausting experience. I’m not sure if this is true for everyone, but I know for myself I felt I’ve regressed as a writer, artist and reviewer. It’s something that’s weighed heavily on me as I’ve tied my … Continue reading The importance of challenge and deadlines
Writing an interesting protagonist – Struggles & Flaws
In a character driven story, almost no one wants to watch the characters effortlessly push through the plot without any kind of hurdle or obstacle to overcome. Those kind of stories often tend to be power fantasies that, while entertaining and enjoyable, are often more superficial and focused on a lot of action but very … Continue reading Writing an interesting protagonist – Struggles & Flaws
Writing an interesting protagonist – Goals & Motivation
In a character driven story, the protagonist needs a goal to push the story through. There’s something tangible that the character is trying to achieve that either they succeed in the end or they fail, but that goal needs to be established. What that goal is can be literally anything so long as the writer … Continue reading Writing an interesting protagonist – Goals & Motivation
Progress So Far
Hi Everyone! Last week was a heck of a doozy. Work (employment) was overloading and burning me out with frustration. I was also eating a terribly unhealthy diet and living relatively sedentary, so my energy was all but spent. But Thursday, I started working out again and improving my diet with healthier options. After a … Continue reading Progress So Far
Burnout Recovery
Hi Everyone!As the title suggests, I’ve been suffering from a bit of burnout this week. I’ve been trying to maintain a work life balance while also writing book 3 of The Legend of Nariko and working with my editor to clean up book 2 for publishing this summer. However earlier this week I came across … Continue reading Burnout Recovery
Book Cover Reveal and Author Update
Hello Everyone, Hope you are all safe and healthy in these troubling times. I’m happy to present the cover art for my 2nd book, The Legend of Nariko: The Goddess Prophecy: The faint watermark will not be on the paperback prints. It took me about six weeks to complete. While I’m happy with the end … Continue reading Book Cover Reveal and Author Update
Artwork – Cover Art Progress for Book 2
Hi Everyone! Quick update on the cover art progress for book 2! It's only a sketch at the moment, but its a promising start. Hoping to have it completed by the end of the month. 🙂 - Raphael
Mark of Silverfrost – Correction
Hi Everyone! Awkward bit of news that was made aware to me. When I converted my book to justified formatted text, some of the lines at the end of a few paragraph had a really awkward spacing issue occur. When I was told about it I went through every page to correct the strange spacing … Continue reading Mark of Silverfrost – Correction
Brief Hiatus for Book Launch and other Projects
Hello everyone! Hope you're all safe and healthy in these troubled times. I just wanted to give an update that for the rest of the month I will be on hiatus to accomplish the following tasks: Book cover for my 2nd book, The Legend of Nariko: The Goddess Prophecy. Catching up with my editors to complete … Continue reading Brief Hiatus for Book Launch and other Projects
Raph's Cozy Musings 