Hello! This post is pretty late compared to the schedule I usually try to post, but work became somewhat more demanding. I will try and keep to the schedule of one post a week and (hopefully) that won't be an issue! Now onto the post: Recently I published my first book, The Legend of Nariko: The … Continue reading Lessons from Self-Publishing : Trial by Fire
Tag: Writing
Experience, Advice and Opinions on Writing as well as Shared bits or Written Work
Inspiration through Discipline
Lately, writing and drawing have been at the forefront of my goals. However actually getting myself to sit down and write out my next novel or learn a new coloring technique on my drawing tablet has proven to be far more difficult than I expected. I figured there must be a problem with how I'm … Continue reading Inspiration through Discipline
Character Design: Asandra The Bloodfire
As one of the central characters of my story, The Legend of Nariko : Mark of Silverfrost, I spent a fair bit of time trying to figure out how best to portray Asandra, The Bloodfire. Early on in the character's inception, I was enamored with the spirit of rebellion against a tyrannical empire. The willful … Continue reading Character Design: Asandra The Bloodfire
Music, The Best Distraction
Lately I've found most of my inspiration in music, in orchestral soundtracks that invoke a visual narrative in one's mind. It has been the greatest source of creativity for me in the past few years, many songs inspiring some of the best written parts of my novel. One of the greatest things about music though … Continue reading Music, The Best Distraction
Lessons from Self-Publishing : Amazon’s KDP Select Exclusivity
Hello all! It has been almost a month now since I've published my first book Legend of Nariko: Mark of Silverfrost on Amazon.ca. As this was my first book I tried to be as thorough in my research of Kindle Publishing as I could, mostly due to my own paranoia and caution (you don't want to put … Continue reading Lessons from Self-Publishing : Amazon’s KDP Select Exclusivity
First Book published and Blog Resurrection!!
After years of writing and editing, I’ve finally published my first book! The Legend of Nariko: Mark of Silverfrost, first book in the Nariko Series. Amazon Page : https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06Y49265Q Goodreads Page : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34821817-the-legend-of-nariko The past few years have been chaotic with school, work and trying to complete my first book, but now with everything stabilizing, … Continue reading First Book published and Blog Resurrection!!
New Blog!
Hi Everyone! I know its been forever since I've posted anything, but I've decided that rather than resurrecting this old blog I would start fresh with a brand new blog! My new blog is called The Written Design (Catchy isn't it? no its not I know) thewrittendesign.wordpress.com Here I'll still discuss everything I did before. … Continue reading New Blog!
Thoughts on Character Creation
Hello Everyone, Sorry if this post might be a bit late, I've been spending a lot of time working on editing my novel. But while I was editing my novel, it occurred to me that playing around with the characters could create an interesting circumstance. One idea was swapping the genders of a few of my … Continue reading Thoughts on Character Creation
Update! I’m Alive!
Life has been rather crazy in the past few months. Approaching the end of my university career, I went into overdrive when it came to writing my first novel. The good news is that I can report that I have completed the first draft of my novel! It is currently in the editing process and I … Continue reading Update! I’m Alive!
Judging a Book by its Cover
We all do it.When walking through a bookstore, do we look through the descriptions of all the books we pass by? Of course not, that would take far too much time out of our already increasingly busy lives. The old phrase "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover" works well when talking about people, but … Continue reading Judging a Book by its Cover
Raph's Cozy Musings 