Category: Writing

Draft One Complete – The Blood Empress

As of last night, I think I’m done with the First Draft of The Blood Empress. There are 44,270 words total which break down into four acts like this: ACT ONE: 11,886 ACT TWO: 13,219 ACT THREE: 11,690 ACT FOUR:…

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Write. Publish. Repeat.

If you are a writer, be you unpublished, published in the traditional manner, an ardent Indie publisher or even a mix of Indie and Traditional, you will learn something from this book. I rarely do book recommendation posts but sometimes…

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The Matte or Glossy Option

CreateSpace has recently began offering the matte finish for its paperback books. So I made the switch on all of my books and ordered a copy of each. Below is a photo essay featuring a few of them. Some notes…

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Some Thoughts on the Current WIP

I’ve not been writing much this week due to unreliable lunch breaks. But the few times I have worked on The Blood Empress, I’ve had a ball with it. This story is very familiar to those who read Fantasy. It…

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The Blood Empress (Week One)

This is the first screenshot of the outline for The Blood Empress. Dated 16 Oct 2013. It basically shows the stuff I wrote for The Rising and later pulled out. But the basic outline is pretty much in place for…

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