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On Ghostwriting
I write significantly more words a year than I publish. For the last few years, I’ve easily reached a million words a year, often leaping and bounding over that desirable number without a second thought.
And yet only a fraction of those words are ones you’ll ever read. Why?
Because they belong to someone else.
The Externalization of Mental Health: Key Thoughts From A Dragon Will Rise
I knew long before I wrote the first word for A Dragon Will Rise that the book would continue my series’ commentary on mental health, but that this story would be unique. It is not a tale about the monsters of doubt and fear in your head or about the creatures that come in the dead of night to tear away your willpower and burrow eggs of self-loathing in your skull. This story is about a woman who has lived through it all and has made it out on the other side, on the path to recovery toward happiness and wholeness.
But not everyone around her travels the same path.
Ark Adventures: The Premature Death of a Beloved Spinosaurus
Boy what a mess we’ve gone through in our Ark Survival playthrough! Every day brings us closer to our goal of beating all of the bosses in the storyline, but the best way to get there? Shenanigans, of course!
Why I Like The Legend of Korra More Than Avatar: The Last Airbender
This is probably pretty blasphemous to say, but I liked The Legend of Korra more than the original Avatar: The Last Airbender show for a lot of reasons. Despite the show's obvious flaws that fans of the franchise are typically quite loud about, the show also has a lot...
Tolkien’s Place In Escapist Literature
Back when I was still in university (I graduated in 2020), the English department ran a limited-time literature study on Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings. Obviously, as a long-time fantasy reader, I had to get in on that class! While I can't say that Tolkien has ever...
Dragons of Yumihari #2 – Shiraian Dragons
A long time ago, dragons lived all throughout Yumihari, including in Seiryuu where Spirit of the Dragon and the rest of the Yokai Calling series takes place. Dragons don't live in Seiryuu anymore... and they haven't for centuries. But why? Well, I can't tell you that,...
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