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Ten chapters into a short story…

…and no end in sight. The Spicers story is so much fun, it’s mutating into a novella. I’ve just completed chapter ten, and I have drafted chapters eleven to nineteen. I’ve drawn maps and made calculations about mileage for ox carts, have come...

Aaarrgh, it’s gone!

I’ve misplaced my map. Aaaaaaaah ! I have a map of the places where my Spice Trader stories take place, where I note their route as they go along, and draw in places that are mentioned or referred to, alternative routes, and so on. Alright, there are so many...

Handwritten

I didn’t have a working computer for three weeks. It was horrible. While I can easily live without facebook or google for a while, it deprived me of the ability to type. Why do I always have the best ideas when I’m not in front of a computer? Usually...

Writing playlist

Do you have a playlist especially for writing? I kinda do. Sometimes utter silence isn’t motivating, so I have some tunes that make me go write. It changes from day to day, but I found I like tunes that have a steady rhythm to them, and lyrics that aren’t...

Magic is fun!

There’s a lot to be read online and offline about the system of magic in world-building.Alright, maybe not that much, but all of it is very interesting to me. I like magic. Always did. When I was little I was always in awe of fairy godmothers and sourcerers who...