Vol 4: Chapter 2 – Dinner in Saphestan

The early fall wind was colder than Cobal remembered. It was an early fall as well, normally it would still be summer weather right now. A year ago he was in Milinia with Mana, Kimi and Cassandra. The weather was much more agreeable there due to the constant cover of the forest. Saphestan was built … Continue reading Vol 4: Chapter 2 – Dinner in Saphestan →

Vol 4: Chapter 1 – Tension

“I find it quite frankly preposterous that this outsider is even allowed to sit with us during these meetings.” The venomous sound he put on the word “outsider” was accompanied by a look in Mana’s direction, who was sitting at Cobal’s right hand side. He didn’t miss that she flinched at the bombardment of negativity … Continue reading Vol 4: Chapter 1 – Tension →

The Hesitant Hero Volume 3 Recap

I had an absolute blast writing this volume. As much as I love some chapters in the first two volumes (the very first chapter of volume 1, the meeting with Dionil and the time spent in Fitseren in volume 2 come to mind) I feel like Marsolin as a setting just spoke to me. The … Continue reading The Hesitant Hero Volume 3 Recap →

The Hesitant Hero Volume 2 Recap

Volume 2 is probably my least good one of out the four drafts I’ve written up. I don’t want to be too negative about something I made myself, but I feel like it lacks a proper throughline and doesn’t really do much. It’s kind of like the second book in a trilogy where not much … Continue reading The Hesitant Hero Volume 2 Recap →

The Hesitant Hero Volume 1 – Recap

Although the Hesitant Hero was originally a side project while I tried to figure out some of the plot points of my main story, it quickly developed into the biggest writing project I’ve ever attempted. As of December 2025 there are rough drafts of four volumes written, totalling well over 250.000 words. A lot of … Continue reading The Hesitant Hero Volume 1 – Recap →

The Hesitant Hero Volume 1 Update

We are very close to November 2024 right now and if I can be fully honest with you, I wish I was far further along with my final draft of the first volume. I set myself a deadline of late July, which I changed to late September which I then changed to this year. I … Continue reading The Hesitant Hero Volume 1 Update →

Hesitant Hero 3 – Afterword #2

Hello friends, As it turns out, I’m not quite done talking about this latest volume, or the series in general, so you can expect a few more of these posts over the next couple of weeks. This time in particular I want to talk a little bit about Salandra Fevezar, our lovely scribe who helps … Continue reading Hesitant Hero 3 – Afterword #2 →

Hesitant Hero – Afterword

Hello friends. Another year, another volume of the Hesitant Hero. When I started writing my very first draft for volume 1 of this story, all the way back in November of 2021, I had no idea I would ever get to this point. I had tried a couple of very different approaches to this story … Continue reading Hesitant Hero – Afterword →

Chapter 32 – Epilogue

“Are you sure you’re fully packed?” Salandra hugged Cobal one more time as they were standing on the little road leading out of Marsolin towards the rest of the kingdom. He smiled. “I’m certain I have everything, you’ve asked four times already.”She smiled back. “I’ll miss you.”“I’ll miss you too.” After spending a couple of … Continue reading Chapter 32 – Epilogue →

Chapter 31 – The color of magic

The next three days went by quickly. Mana was mostly studying with Lysa and Eliana was spending her days at the Phantom Homestead. Cobal spent these few days with Salandra as they’d both accepted that they would have to go their separate ways soon enough. It was on the third day that they would all … Continue reading Chapter 31 – The color of magic →