Tag: writing
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Write what you hate
I hate zombies. I hate zombie movies. I hate the very idea… living in a distopian world where there is no hope, where mindless drones shuffle about, seeking only to snuff out your very existence. For one thing, it reminds me too much of the real world. For another, there a *lot* of books and…
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Kal’s October 2025 Update
October is here, the temperatures are almost down to something resembling not-awful here in the south, and I’ve been getting some writing done. My wife is still going through cancer treatment, so that’s a big impact on my life, as well. I’ll admit the stress from that and everything has slowed down my writing process…
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Kal’s July 2025 Update
June seems to have flown past. If you hadn’t seen it, Three Ravens Publishing released my superhero novel, Get Wreckt, last month. It was a fantastically fun novel to write and the reader feedback has been great, so check it out. Current projects on deck… well, I’ve got nine works in progress, several of them…
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2023 In Review
Hey everyone, as the year winds down, I wanted to do a quick review of what I wrote, what I published, and what I’ve been through for the year. I released four books this year: Sorcerers of the Black Fortress, Common Valor, Valor’s Strike, and Forsworn Valor. All told, around 460,000 words published, or around 1,500…
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Kal’s LTUE 2020 Schedule
Hey everyone. Late post, but I’m headed to Life, the Universe, and Everything writers convention in Provo, Utah. I’ll be a panelist again this year. See below for my schedule. The King of the Battle Field: An Introduction to Artillery 2PM · THURSDAY · BRYCE Worldbuilding Panel How to Usurp a Kingdom 9AM · FRIDAY · ARCHES Worldbuilding Panel When Life Isn’t Organic:…
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Kal’s 2020 Forecast
Hey everyone. I’m back online after a bit of a hiatus. I’m finally coming out from under a lot of the “stuff” happening in life, and thank goodness for that. As a result, I’m writing again and I hope to be posting a bit more regularly here in 2020. So what’s on my horizon? Honestly,…
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Kal’s LTUE 2019 AAR
Hey everyone, here’s my AAR for LTUE 2019! All in all, I had a great time and had the opportunities to both participate and observe some awesome panels on writing, art, book marketing, and more. If you’re in the Western US, LTUE has got to be one of the better writing conventions you can attend.…
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Kal’s Farewell to 2018
Hey everyone! As the year winds to a close, I thought I’d write a bit about what I’ve done and the obvious follow up to that is where I’m going next. In 2018 I had five published novels, which is what I also managed in 2017. My goal was higher, but I had a few…
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From a Certain Point of View
A while back, I was riding in a pickup truck. This is notable only for the fact that the girl driving it was consistently using about three feet of the right lane while driving in the left. As a passenger, I found that pretty terrifying and said something to the effect of “Jesus, what the…
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