Standing near the center of town was a beautiful building made out of dark red bricks that towered above most of the surrounding stores and houses. Perched atop the roof was a large owl, carved from a massive tree and placed here many years ago to represent the goddess of wisdom. Big heavy doors marked … Continue reading Vol 4: Chapter 4 – The temple of Owlana
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Vol 4: Chapter 3 – Soft autumn rain
“Did you make any friends when you were in Marsolin?” Cyanna asked.Cobal almost choked on his tea when the question caught him off guard. The queen had invited her family as well as Mana to brunch. Although the king had to attend a meeting, Nazuren and Cyanna both attended alongside Mana and Cobal.“A few, actually.” … Continue reading Vol 4: Chapter 3 – Soft autumn rain
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
A Quick NaNoWriMo Recap
It’s December. How the time flies. And yet at the same time it moves ever so slowly. I’ll stop trying to be deep, November kind of sucked. I tend to get overworked around this time of the year which is why I’m thinking that this might be my last NaNoWriMo for a while. Let me … Continue reading A Quick NaNoWriMo Recap
AI and writing stories
If you’re like me and you love what you do, then you probably never even considered using AI for writing stories. Well, apparently that’s not the case for everyone. There was a controversy a little while ago surrounding a statement that NaNoWriMo made about AI. Apparently they thought it was a good idea to call … Continue reading AI and writing stories
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
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