What makes the ink flow...

A path less traveled

Nature can be ugly, beautiful, and interesting

Go ahead...it isn't scary. Not...one...bit

Pictures are worth a thousand words, just getting them all out is the problem.
As you know, my blog isn't so much about writing, but why I write what I write.
Fantasy is all around you -- especially when you look for it. And it can take some doing, even a four-hour drive to south central Ohio, but places like the ones in these pictures are what writing is all about. It's what makes Andro Rhine love the forest, and that can lead to adventure...and it already has.
Write on and read well.

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A little dryness in writing needs -- inspiration. It's not too far away. Look around, look it up, look within. Be inspired. Now write something.

Details, details...

The excuse of slow-writing knows no bounds. At 60,000 words, I could pat myself on the back; but many others crush my speed with their dedicated writing schedules. No matter - I have excuses galore. (although, I have given up some activities for Lent that directly influence my own writing schedule - so hopefully I'll get moving here) Anyone who reads my blog entries, and bless you if you do, may realize that I rarely speak of good writing/criticism/grammar/punctuation. There are plenty that do, and they do it well. To write well takes practice, patience, and a whole lot of opinion -- the friendly stranger sort. My advice to writing well: join a writing group, and there are plenty online to do it. There I learned a lot, and I learned when it was no longer useful. (it is hard to critique chapter five without reading chapters one through four - grammar aside) As you may know, I'm all about world-building and being immersed in a solid story - even if it spans many books. The ex...

Things I'd like to say

Mont Eldalard and Rivar Larin, Seat of Ainiald (Chapter 10) (ok, it's really Prague, or maybe Budapest, but they have their similarities) I have to admit, finding a sale pop up, and they do trickle in slowly, is the inspiration needed to keep going. I write slowly, time constraints mostly, and as chapter two of book three stares me in the face, it makes me think -- "will anyone like my series?" Heck, does anyone like this blog? But I march forward. Maybe I'll be next Herman Melville whose Moby-Dick found popularity long after his death. Somber thought. I could give writing tips, like a lot of blogs do, or marketing advice, or how to find an agent, but what the heck do I know. But I do have a story to tell, and I hope you like it. If you don't like it, that's ok...we're still friends. All right, back to chapter two. "Andro entered a favorite place in the forest..."

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