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 →

NaNoWriMo 2024 Update

Hello friends, Let me give you a quick update about how this November writing month has been progressing. And the update is quite a positive one. I have been progressing at a rather quick pace and doing so with a lot of fun. As of writing this post, I am a little past 35.000 words … Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2024 Update →

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 – 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 →

The future of The Necromancer’s Daughter

Hi friends, I have been working very, very hard on creating a fun and interesting world for my running story that is The Hesitant Hero. I love this story much more than I expected when I first started developing it and thinking about plot points I have in mind I could literally write dozens of … Continue reading The future of The Necromancer’s Daughter →

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 →

The Vadier Estate (Hesitant Hero Bonus Chapter)

Hello friends.As you might be aware of, I’ve been very busy working on the first volume of The Hesitant Hero. Although the core story is unchanged, there are many details and bits of worldbuilding that I didn’t include in the original version that you can find on my blog, that I started adding in later. … Continue reading The Vadier Estate (Hesitant Hero Bonus Chapter) →

Chapter 30 – Date Night

Although Cobal made sure to arrive a little bit before the promised time, Salandra was already waiting for him, standing next to the fountain. Her profile was lit up by a nearby fire pit and she was fidgeting with the sleeves of her jacket. Under her black jacket she was wearing a long dress that … Continue reading Chapter 30 – Date Night →