It all started well over a decade ago, when I was still young and an aspiring writer full of hopes, dreams and most importantly the knowledge that the stories I wrote were really good. So when I saw that a published fantasy author was giving feedback to beginning writers, I figured I’d show him the … Continue reading My personal beef with Michael J. Sullivan
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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
My favorite things of 2024
Now that we’re settled into 2025, let’s look back on the past year. It’s my first year medicated and that definitely helped me throughout. I got out of some slumps I was in and really managed to get a hold of my life. And throughout this all I’ve been consuming media. Some of these pieces … Continue reading My favorite things of 2024
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
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
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
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