Dear Friend, Romance Tropes in ISEF (ISEF is short for In the Shadow of Emerald Fire) is something I wanted to include secondary to the fact that a novel just isn’t a novel without some romance woven in. Do you agree? What’s my definition of good romance? While I’m not a gushy, swoony type of…
Dear Friend, I thought it might be fun to include a post on the General Fantasy Tropes you may find in my clean, YA, medieval Christian fantasy series, In the Shadow of Emerald Fire, or ISEF, for short. Prefacing our conversation by saying that book tropes were nowhere within my scope of thinking when I…
Dear Friend, Is Book 1 an allegory? You might be surprised to know that I’ve already touched upon this subject once before and answered it to the best of my ability at the time, but I believe it bears repeating. (You can find my old version here, if you’re interested in reading that one, too)….
Dear Friend, Another Book 3 Update at your fingertips! How long you have waited for this current Book 3 Update, and I’m happy to finally be punching my fingerpads against the keys to bring you this exciting news! It’s quick. It’s sweet. It’s here! What’s the news? By the grace of God, He answered my…
Dear Friend, Book 3 Update is here! Finally! It has been a long, long while since I’ve given any update regarding my progress on Book 3…well…maybe that’s mainly because I don’t have much to share with you! Haha. In truth, that is a bit of it, and yet, you know me, I always have something…
Dear Reader and kindred spirit, It’s been awhile since I shared with you a Book 3 update! I hadn’t intended on there being such a wide gap between my last post and this one. So I’ll try to get you up to speed on what’s been happening! Please note: I literally just found this a…
Dear Friend, What do you think of this Character Art for Finockt? I’ve wanted for a very, very long time to have some sort of character art for my books, and now, with a little help from Canva, I was able to generate a fairly lifelike image of Finockt! But what do you think? Do…
Dear Friend, Happy New Year to you + a Book 3 update! I think I’m still in plenty of time to include a New Year’s post! Well, know that I’m wishing you a very Happy New Year, even if it is more than a bit on the late side. New Year’s Greeting… I’m excited for…
Dear Friend, Merry Christmas 2024! Christmas is a time for reflection on all the good that has happened in the past year and for remembering the good that came to us over two millenia ago in the form of a tiny baby. The Christ Child. In a birth so anonymous and yet so publicly displayed,…
Dear Friend, I love this picturesque lead into Chapter 13-The Heir! It’s so riveting! I think I love the flow of whatever that is cascading over the sword. Is it water? Sand? Mist? I honestly don’t even know, but I found it strangely calming and intriguing all at the same time! Skip down to see…