Ranking My Favorite Mobile Suits from Gundam UC
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 back…
The samurai who inspired Paul in Soul Crystals
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,…
Early Drafts of 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 even…
2023 Update
It’s been a while. Approximately 365 days from my last blog post actually. I originally mean this to be a more regular thing but work and life have gotten in the way of that. I have ideas about more posts I could do. I will see how those pan out. You are probably reading this…
2022 Update
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.…
What Soul Crystals Characters Sound Like.
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 sounds…
If every chapter of Soul Crystals: ARC of the Amuli was a song.
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”…
My Favorite Anime Series of All Time
It’s been forever since my last blog post. Between editing Soul Crystals: The Mask of Tragedy and writing Soul Crystals 3, I have not had a ton of time on my hands. I’m going to be doing something different today and provide some background on myself rather than just the Soul Crystals series. Anyway, I…
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