It took time to get books two and three where they needed to be. I finished them even before I published the first novel, but polishing up the writing and churning through the beta-reader process turned out to be a lengthy task. Partial rewrites needed to be made, but with the final few readers, several …
Looking back through the years, it’s somehow obvious I find myself here, an author of fantasy books. But then again, who on earth decides to write a book out of the blue, just to tick a ‘done it’ box? I thought I’d share a few of the checkpoints I passed along this journey. I was …
During my career as an archaeologist, I’ve tutored many a colleague. Perhaps tutored is too big a word even; teaching and learning are an integral part of the job, and we all do both. When I first started learning how to write attractive prose, I found myself visiting certain Facebook groups on a regular basis, …
The art of writing skilfully TL;DR – No, I wouldn’t claim to have mastered it, but these books were of great help. In the past four years, and to the detriment of my spare time, I’ve written three epic fantasy books. The first is to be published in the foreseeable future, likely the first quarter …
I take my time with serious decisions. I need to mull things over for a while, to make them real. And now, here I am, having chosen the path of most resistance: I’m going to put all my effort into self-publishing this first novel. The manuscript has since been handed off to a professional line/copy editor, …
Before I can either submit my first book to a second round of querying agents and/or publishers, or just straight out self-publish, there is one major hurdle yet to take, and it has nothing to do with writing. Up until now, I’ve invested relatively little money into the project. The website Fiverr provided me with …
I’ve mentioned before that I had no aspirations of becoming a writer. I wanted to write a book – as people do when ticking off an item on their bucket list – to try my utmost at the unfamiliar, a challenge. Although that sentiment remained, I did slowly drift towards thoughts of publishing. At the …
In the spirit of full disclosure, this post (and the next one) talks about me writing three books, but not necessarily how one should go about it. You see, I didn’t start with aspirations of being a writer. Truth be told, I’m still on the fence about it, although it seems rather unavoidable now. Before …
My first ever blog post. I wish I could convey just how uncomfortable I am with the whole concept of an online presence. Some of you might know of my google-free phone, and my attempts to hide from every internet conglomerate. But, I’ve been told that writers without an online presence have gone extinct. My …
