Dark Garret

 Hello everyone!

I think this'll be a moderately long post.

First off, my writing seems to be going pretty well recently... pretty well. But it's always the same old thing, I would rather like to increase my daily average word count a fair amount, but how exactly I'll do that, I'm unsure.

But, I've been working on a novella, replete with pirates, wizards, knights, elf barbarians, evil cultists, Fomori and a strange god being. I've been at it about nine days and I'm a quarter of the way through it - just over ten thousand words. Which is fair, but i feel like I've struggled a little to get into the full swing of it.

So, what I did, was to start a short story to try and surpass this. And it seems to have worked. I started it yesterday, I'm two thousand words in, and I think I've almost finished it. I think I will today, but whether I pick up the novella today as well and carry on with that today as well, I'm not sure. I'll return to it nevertheless. Hopefully the break will have refreshed the old noggin.

I'm actually quite pleased with the short story so far, it's about the defeat of an ancient liche as it comes to life once again. I realise it could well rely on some well worn sword and sorcery tropes, but it's a story I've wanted to write in a few months so far, but haven't managed to get around to it for one reason or another.

And with that, that is what I've been doing with my writing over the last week. And on to other things. I am planning on a few stories over the coming weeks and months. i'll be working on completing a few first drafts then work through rewrites, then edits etc. It might not be the best way to go about doing this, but it's the way I think makes sense.

As I said in a post I wrote roughly a week ago, I intend to write a few posts about other sundry things that are adjacent to my fantasy writing. With that, a few things have happened.

I have ordered the seventh issue of Tales From The Magician's Skull and that is yet to come, because of sundry things relating to it being part of a kickstarter before being available to the public. Some are receiving the eighth issue as the seventh comes on sale to the public and mine is now on the way. Much to my jealousy - a jest of course. I'll be including that in a blog post when it arrives.

I have also signed up with Discord, and I'm quite enjoying it. there is one server I've joined that I'm particularly enjoying dedicated to all things related to fantasy writing and it's sundry peripherals, including magazines, TV and games. I've actually found it greatly reassuring and a wonderful asset. I know feel part of a community with my writing, which is something that I've not really ever felt.

It was through this discord server that I managed to find out about the New Edge Swords and Sorcery magazine, which has had it's issue zero, a test piece issue to iron out wrinkles and the like and see if organising regular issues would be viable. and I got my issue through the post yesterday.

New Edge Sword and Sorcery, issue 0

I've delved into it only briefly. It is a magazine of two halves really. The first has a collection of five stories, and the second half involves a handful of Sword and Sorcery articles. One from Howard Andrew Jones, and some exploring Sword and Sorcery in a modern age. There is even an in depth look at Dark Agnes, which I've found to be of particular interest so far.

I've read many of the articles so far, and I've found them very interesting, coming from a place of authority in the Sword and Sorcery genre. I'll try and put things in a better review anon.

You can visit their facebook page here and visit their website here and explore things yourself.

I also managed to get a canny t-shirt for myself as well.

I Write Sword and Sorcery Stories,
Gilead Artist, Redbubble.

It's from a talented and hard working artist that I like called Gilead. I got this off his Redbubble site.

But he can also be visited on his instagram, his twitter, his amazon and his patreon.

He also has a kickstarter live as he is trying to fund a book of his work. Please check it out and back if it tickles your fancy

Anyway, that's pretty much the bulk of what I want to say in this post, other than, I'm sorely tempted to start playing some RPGs. I've started a Discord server for friends to play and share relevant things. And of course, the usual thing is the case, organising the players around their schedules is being frustrating. But, that's to be expected to the point that cartoons are made about it.

Anyway, I hope to see you all soon, farewell!