Character and place names in fantasy fiction can be a headache. A friend of mine once quipped that the surefire way to write a great fantasy novel was “to have a dark-lord, a wizard and make every fifth word unpronounceable.” Sadly, it was J. R. R. Tolkien who got the ball rolling on this trend,... Continue Reading →
Swords Against Genre! Engineer’s Log, August 19th 2014: 23,028 Words
I now officially have ten chapters written for The Lost Tomb of Omo! I printed the whole work in progress and it came to about forty double spaced and double sided pages, it was too thick to staple as one section! I always print hard-copies for review and revision. Call me old fashioned, but there... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log, July 14th 2014: No, I’m not Dead.
Hi Everyone. This is my first substantial update for the newly christened Aethereal Engineer, and a much needed update for Aethereal Engines, which hasn’t seen any new material added in about two and a half months at this point. So much for trying to post an update every 4-6 weeks! Sheesh! While that has been... Continue Reading →

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