Why I’m Providing my First Draft and New Chapters!

November 16th, 2008 · 7:34 pm  →  Writing Process

A friend of mine told me the other day that I was very brave. When I asked “Why?” he had mentioned that it was because I was posting my rough draft of Argentum.
There are a lot of things that are scary: fires, accidents, hurricanes, death. Is my posting of a draft scary? Well, sure [...]

Why I Wrote Chapter Breaks

November 7th, 2008 · 7:42 am  →  Writing Process

The format for this book features a singular, present tense point-of-view for the main chapters and has past tense, mixed point-of-views for the chapter breaks. Already, I have received some feedback that the chapter breaks are more interesting in the early part of the book than the full-length chapter.
The reason why I decided to [...]

What “Condemned” Means

November 5th, 2008 · 8:37 am  →  News & New Releases

In Chapter 7 of Argentum we meet up with an old friend, Captain Hansen and also say “Hello” to the King of Magic whose name might look a little familiar to you. My interpretation of King Mitra is loosely based on the god Mithras, who has an interesting history in Hindu, Persian and Roman history. [...]

My Writing Roadblocks and How I’m Overcoming them

November 2nd, 2008 · 10:30 am  →  Writing Process

After a few, “real-life” upheavals, I was ready to get started on Argentum once again. I say “was” because I quickly found myself in a bad spot — I don’t like the beginning of the book and the way it was written and I’m in love with the concept. Two, very emotional things that I [...]