What is the ideal length of a fantasy novel? Of a fantasy series? Fantasy, as a genre, is known for being big. Big stakes, big emotions, big battles—and big books. It isn’t unusual for a single fantasy novel to run well over 200,000 words. Authors like Brandon Sanderson regularly turn in doorstoppers, with Words of… Continue reading Fantasy from A to Z: E is for Epic
Category: The Soulbound King
Summer plans
So summer is practically here, and that means things are about to get crazy. Next week, we’re leaving on a multi-day road trip to Arkansas, where we plan to have a family vacation with the extended family. With a five year-old and a two-year old, that’s going to be quite a ride. Fortunately, we’ll be… Continue reading Summer plans
Five things I did at work last week (and a question–wanna read a free e-arc?)
Things have been so busy around here that I forgot to do this on Monday! But here it is, just a day late. Last week, I: I am super excited about The Soulbond and the Sling, though I will not release it until the first three books are out. Maybe I’ll post the AI draft… Continue reading Five things I did at work last week (and a question–wanna read a free e-arc?)
Five things I did at work last week
Last week, I: I haven’t been blogging a lot lately, but hopefully that’s going to change soon, as there are a lot of thoughts and updates that I ought to share.
Five things I did at work last week
Last week, I:
Five things I did at work last week
Last week was kind of crazy. My in-laws were gone for half of it, and we did a deep clean on the house before they came back. We also did a whole lot of Easter stuff as a family, which was fun, but it kept us very busy (hence the near total lack of blogging).… Continue reading Five things I did at work last week
Five things I did at work last week
This post is a day late because I sprang for the paid version of ChatGPT over the weekend, mostly to generate… er… images of my wife. For research purposes. But here are my five bullets. Last week at work, I:
So I tried out ChatGPT’s new image generator…
And this is the cover art it gave me for my current WIP, The Soulbond and the Sling! It still needs some work, but I am extremely impressed!
Five things I did at work last week
Should I split my epic fantasy series into two trilogies?
So I’m working on the first book in a new epic fantasy series, called the Soulbound King. It’s basically a fantasy retelling of the life of King David, loosely adapted from the biblical stories about his life. I’ve already outlined the first book and generated a rough AI draft, which came in at 153k words.… Continue reading Should I split my epic fantasy series into two trilogies?