Tag: writer
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Introducing: Magdalene
In the capital city of the continent of Aurelius, known as Cornelia, there exists a small district just outside the eastern gate known as Highwind’s Gate. Inside Highwind’s Gate, there exists a tavern, and that tavern has a rather well-known, boisterous, and fierce tavernmistress: Magdalene Highwind. Magdalene, or Maggy, is a tall human woman with…
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Motivation
Wow, it’s been some time since I wrote a post. Sorry about that. I go through patches of hyper motivation, and then other patches of extremely low motivation. Sometimes it’s in between, but the low motivation patches are the most frequent, and I hate that. I wish that I woke up every day and thought…
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Impostor syndrome & quality of writing
There are millions of books in the world. I come from a mathematical background, having studied it in university, so I know that statistically, there must be works of written “art” out there that are, simply put, horrible. I’m writing about this because it’s something that I preach to both myself and anyone out there…
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Show, don’t tell
Writing is hard. It takes practice, as do all forms of art. It’s difficult for someone who has never written before to pick up a pen (or keyboard) and write a story that is compelling and coherent. When I started writing, there were way too many “and then”-s, “she said”-s, and just overcomplicating my sentences…
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Introducing: Poppy
Poppy Somniferum, a red-haired, aloof and curious Elvish girl is one of many main characters in my series The Forsworn Cycle, and has an especially prevalent role in the first book of the series, Children of the Sun. Poppy hails from the small mining town of Jyde in the western reaches of Aurelius, one of…
A Forsworn Fantasy 