Author Archives: LaTrobe Barnitz

My yearly update is going to be a quick one. My publisher is going through changes and the unreleased books in the Soul Crystals series are wrapped up in that. Soul Crystals: Atlantis Risen and a Soul Crystals prequel novel are fully written and edited. I don’t have any other updates on Soul Crystals beyondContinue reading “2025 Update”

It’s the time of the year where I update everyone on my writing progress. I wish I had more of an update on actual releases. A finished, completely-edited draft of Soul Crystals: Atlantis Risen has been with my publisher for about a year and a half now. I still haven’t heard anything about a releaseContinue reading “2024 Update”

I’m trying something new on this blog. Rather than focusing on just my own work, I figured that I would start posting things about other nerdy subjects that I like. If it’s popular, I will keep it up. If you don’t know, Mobile Suit Gundam is a Japanese multimedia franchise (primarily anime) that started backContinue reading “Ranking My Favorite Mobile Suits from Gundam UC”

I drop the name of a number of historical samurai in the Soul Crystals books. As the protagonist and POV, Paul Engel is well-read and a deep thinker (or overthinker) which means that he has some points of reference for his training with his katana. The katana was the most famous weapon for a samurai,Continue reading “The samurai who inspired Paul in Soul Crystals”

I was reading an article about how an early draft of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire outline was leaked. It made me think about the different changes Soul Crystals went through before the published book actually came out. Now, most of the changes that happened occurred really early on. Some evenContinue reading “Early Drafts of Soul Crystals”

I meant to make this post about twenty days ago, but life , writing, and a full-time job tend to get in the way of website updates. Anyway, I just wanted to lay out the state of Soul Crystals here in 2022. The big news is that Soul Crystals 3 is well on its way.Continue reading “2022 Update”

A Soul Crystals: ARC of the Amuli audiobook is in production! I just wanted to give a quick overview about some of the quirks of my character’s voices and narration. For the most part, I put what my main characters sound like directly in the writing. For example, Paul has a nervous stammer. Alice soundsContinue reading “What Soul Crystals Characters Sound Like.”

I decided to give myself a challenge and reveal my own, embarrassing taste in music at the same time. I hope everyone likes 90’s and 00’s rock and metal music. Prologue- “Pet” by A Perfect Circle Chapter 1: Innocence- “High School Never Ends” by Bowling for Soup Chapter 2: The Gift- “Smells Like Teen Spirit”Continue reading “If every chapter of Soul Crystals: ARC of the Amuli was a song.”

Last anime post for a while, I swear.