Figure: Sati Ima, the Mobile Frame pilot from the battleship Escalon So just off the publication of the fantasy novella The Alchemist’s Ranger, we are back to editing the next book in the cyberpunk scifi grydscaen series called grydscaen: desecration. desecration is volume 5 and closes out the story arc aboard the battleship Escalon. The Psi Faction team is ready to take on the opposition as the Escalon travels closer to Londes, the homeland of the Atlantea Federation. Since I have recently…..
So work continues on The Seer of Grace and Fire book 1. We are currently in beta and almost half way through the chapters. The book has twenty chapters in book 1 and we just got through the beta edits for the high court session in chapter 7 that occurs in the Jahnae Faerie kingdom at the capital in Kannon. I have been enjoying the beta reader process so far. This is the first time that I have had a…..
Excerpt from Chapter 1: The Alchemist’s Ranger, the prequel novella to The Seer of Grace and Fire The rain poured down in sheets pounding the ground, leaving the streets near empty as the dark of night drew close. Timorn held the hood of his tunic close to his face, clutching the green tanned hide in his fingers as he darted down the road covering his head and keeping the rain out of his eyes. He had been running for twenty…..
The Alchemist’s Ranger Book Summary: Timorn is a Ranger traveling the human cities hiring out his services from town to town. Arriving in Fallow in a rainstorm twenty days before DarkFall, he happens upon the Singing Harp pub making the rounds trying to find work for hire. Timorn happens upon a man in fancy dress in the pub looking for a sacred alchemy tool that turns raw metal into gold, an impossible magic. Hired for the task, which offers more…..
So I was musing about the names in The Seer of Grace and Fire #darkfantasy trilogy and I thought that I would write a blog post about how they got their names since some of them are a little “out of the ordinary.” And on top of that I wanted to add the pronunciation key as well. How Do You Pronounce the Names of Characters in The Seer of Grace and Fire? Timorn – Tih Mourn Ethesian – Eh Thee…..
Figure: “Timorn Ethesian Brotherly Love” by Natsuya Uesugi So I have been doing concept art for The Seer of Grace and Fire and wanted to share the final image from Book 2, The Seer of Ice and Sky (novel and manga). This drawing I think has a certain feel of kindness and compassion between two twins who have been through a traumatic experience. The drawing features Ethesian, the Dream Seer with the long hair comforting a wounded Timorn, her twin…..
Welcome to the Making Manga series. Today we will talk about visualizing your characters. So I was writing graphic noiz the manga about a fanboy manga artist and a bestselling author collaborating on a manga project of the author’s science fiction series Fissue. I got to about page 69 and then had writer’s block because we were getting to a place where the story was going to turn into a romance and that is not what I write. I…..
The Seer of Grace and Fire book 1 manuscript is completed and currently in beta. This book like grydscaen: tribute will feature illustrations for each chapter. The second book in the series, The Seer of Ice and Sky will also include chapter art. We have currently done 32 pieces of concept art for The Seer of Grace and Fire series. The banner above features characters from Book 2. The center character is Dalannin, the dark elf mage and he was…..
Over the past week, the world has potentially become less safe for minorities, immigrants, Muslim-Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, African Americans, people with disabilities and those in the LGBT community. With all the divisiveness of the United States Presidential campaign in 2016, it is no wonder that people are scared. I myself have seen hate speech and people harassed for being who they are. It is not okay to treat each other rudely and it is not okay to stomp on…..
I created a profile at NaNoWriMo 2016 and I will be participating in the competition by writing a 50,000 word novel in the Month of November. The writing starts on November 1. Will be writing Book 2 of the dark fantasy trilogy The Seer of Grace and Fire. Had to make up a book synopsis and this is what we have so far for Book 2: “Timorn and Ethesian with the noble townfolks thwarted the Valkyris’s attack on Kannon at…..