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
Tag: Writing
Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing – Basic Overview
Someone recently asked me about my experience and research regarding publishing and everything that went with it. I wrote out what I had learned and what I had wished I had known before publishing my first book back in 2017. Since then I’ve learned a lot about publishing through research from other authors and companies. … Continue reading Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing – Basic Overview
Grammarly Review from a Writer’s perspective
I want to preface this first by saying this is an unpaid and unsponsered look into the Grammarly program. This is purely out of curiosity and in my own exploration of the program I hope to help those just as curious as I am. Any programs or sites that can help self-published authors succeed. This … Continue reading Grammarly Review from a Writer’s perspective
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
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
Book Review: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard – The Hammer of Thor
Oh my goodness there are quite a few disclaimers for this book. First and foremost the ending does have spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus series. I believe now that Riordan intended for his audience to read the books in order so I won’t be finishing the series until I read the previous series unfortunately. … Continue reading Book Review: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard – The Hammer of Thor
Book Review: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard – The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Ever since I finished the Percy Jackson series, I felt more inspired to continue my own writing. The infusion of Greek mythology and modern day life (modern for the time I suppose) was a fun twist. When I picked up Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard box set, I imagined that it would be … Continue reading Book Review: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard – The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Author Update: Life Happens
Hi Everyone, This article is a bit less structured than normal, but this week has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. There were definitely a lot of good moments this week, stuff that really made me feel happy and productive. But there was a pretty drastic low that put things in perspective and … Continue reading Author Update: Life Happens
Raph's Cozy Musings 