Monthly Archives: July 2021

Dark Mystic Quill Returns (again)

My podcast has returned! Take a listen to it on iTunes (er, Apple Podcasts). Whatever you do, don’t go to the website darkmysticquill.com. It’s a mess. We’ll get to fixing it soon.

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Oh, to the Shredder with it (for now).

I picked up A Rook Given and decided to establish the POV as Rook’s only. This meant I had to change Edwin as “Master Edwin” or “his master”, and Mebahel didn’t exist any more. The scene that sparked the story … Continue reading

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“A Rook Given” continues…

I’m on Chapter 6 of A Rook Given and have finally introduced one of the catalysts for the story. Maybe it’s kind of late by now. In a way, I don’t like switching the third-person-limited between three main characters: Rook, … Continue reading

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What to write…

In the hopper are War Mage, Carnival Farm, and “Death”, a short story for October. I wrote a little bit in A Rook Given, but I stalled really quickly. In the middle of the month, I started writing a story … Continue reading

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