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Chapter 99 – 1st Narrative Draft

Posted on May 2, 2025

In honour of Aisie’s brilliant takedown of contemporary high fantasy on TikTok, I was inspired to post my latest draft chapter. Her central point — that high fantasy has been hijacked and…

Chapter 98 – 1st Narrative Draft

Posted on April 24, 2025

Yesterday, I posted a rough draft of this chapter. Today I am posting the first narrative draft. As you can see, this is the first step in the process in which a…

Chapter 98 – Rough Draft

Posted on April 23, 2025

After my last post, I had some questions about what precedes a first narrative draft. The stage immediately before a first narrative draft is something I call roughed-in. It’s a full sequence…

My Writing Method

Posted on April 11, 2025

I have received some questions about my writing method. I would characterize it as a combination of the snowflake method followed by texturing and reduction. I developed this method in university. I…

The Last Coffle – Chapter 94

Posted on April 11, 2025

When asked to describe The Last Coffle, I say that it’s The Magnificent Seven as an epic literary fantasy. To tell you the truth, my version of this story has more in…

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