So to basically explain everything, I’m a Minnesota-Based, viking-themed soon-to-debut fantasy writer who is trying to get his first book off the ground. Below are links relevant to me as an author and my upcoming publication: Heart of Oak
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From Emil Bronze - Welcome to Saliorah, a realm belonging to those with a Heart of Oak
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If you’ve seen me around the block, you probably know that I’m trying to kick-start my career as a fantasy Author. I’m slowly trying to make myself a reoccurring presence on here, which can be a bit of a challenge with my work schedule. However, if you’re willing to support me in a very big way, below is a sign up form for early access to Heart of Oak, my debut book.
Please consider it. Your support now helps me become a better writer. Help me help you enjoy a better story
Heart of Oak is a High Fantasy story approximately 100,000 words long
Blurb:
In a world tens of thousands of years old, one would ask the
Ever heard of The Book Bazaar? It's a collection of indie and self pub authors all working together to promote each other's work! 100% human made, NO SLOP! We've got multiple genres, and this year I'm a part of it!
Check out our website HERE and be sure to follow projects that look interesting to you! Backers get many exclusive perks, and you get to feel good about supporting small creators and fresh voices.
So if you're tired of treading the same Hollywood stories about the same kind of hero, if you're looking for (often) queer or minority authors, now's the time and place to find them!
Want to know about mine?
Monsters in the shadows.
A city in peril.
Can one shapeshifter save Akert City before the moons go dark?
On a world terraformed by refugee humans a long time ago, native species shapeshifter, Enaka Lomawir, is tasked with hunting the spreading fungal monsters called the senka. But all is not well when their latest job goes awry, and they're left without support in a foreign country trying to save its citizens from certain destruction.
With both political pressure and the country's preeminent archmage bearing down on their movements, will Enaka be able to stop the senka from devouring the continent? And if they do, can they hope to escape the oppressive threads they've found themself entangled in?
"Echo sight is one of the best things I have ever read." - ARC reader
"For fantasy debuts from a (relatively) new author, I mainly look for one of two things: an engaging, unique or at least interestingly conceived world or concept (e.g. Eragon), or a strong, meticulously crafted narrative (e.g. The Shadow of What Was Lost). If the novel has either of those, I consider it as a success, as it's exceptional for an unestablished author to achieve both.
Luckily for me, Echo Sight is such an exception." - Zack, reader on GoodReads
Released last year as an ebook in May 2025, this campaign seeks to fund its first physical copies and reward those making it possible with stickers, bookmarks, art, and a related never-before-released short story. Not only will it allow me to sell at physical events, but I can also donate copies to local libraries so that many more can find Enaka's story.
They may not be human, but their disabillity, neurodivergence, and queerness comes from the very human author who knows what it's like not to see yourself in traditional media.
For all places to find the ebook, my author website can link you to Apple, Kobo, Amazon, Itch-io, and many others HERE!
The Book Bazaar, a fantastic collaborative effort between nearly 40 indie authors globally. Come read more about this effort here
I’m one of this group’s newest members and this has been the biggest morale boost I’ve gotten in my entire writing career. There’s so much care and dedication to the craft that it’s convinced me to actually follow through on being published. If you have been considering a future as a published writer, come join us, get to know us. I’m sure that once this October launch finishes, there’ll be another one in the spring.
Below is my contribution of literary crafting to this mystical ensemble.
Influenced by a generation of gaming, Heart of Oak traces its routes to the story-telling games of the 2000s and early 2010s. If you love a story that feels like a non-stop role playing game adventure, then Heart of Oak and the overarching Oakengrove series right up your alley.
In a world tens of thousands of years old, one would ask the question, who is superior? Man or God?
The scars of the Age of Monsters still linger. However, it is not the hells that spark fear, panic, and ultimately, territorial aggression, but rather the return of a long-dead tree god. Made with the flesh of oak trees, this Dair reawakens with no memories of his past life beyond the names of his valiant and loyal companions. His only mission is to rediscover himself and learn of his past life. Rarely does one's peace remain undisturbed, however.
Recruited by the Druid of Florism to investigate his return, a group of sell-swords must toe the line between friend and foe for not just the tree-god, but also for the town and country they swore to protect.
What can one person do when the dogs of war begin to bark at the gates?
Imagine you wake up, sun is shining, birds are singing, you can't remember yesterday and your ex-marine neighbor wants your head because his pastor told him that you had witchcraft items in your house.
While an exaggeration, Oakengrove’s awakening has shaken up the local power dynamic in ways no one could’ve been prepared for. As he comes to grip with his new reality, one riddled with potholes in his memory, his neighbors begin scheming and planning expecting the worst to come, all because of the Druid of Florism
Heart of Oak, along with the larger Saliorah world, is a queer-normative world. Experience a world loaded to the brim with diverse characters, not just white humans, but wood elves, orcs, goblins, minotaurs, avians, racoon-folk, and a great many more. Characters with disabilities are present and are appropriately shown with the intent to bring awareness to them and how magic isn't a cure-all solution.
Ever heard of The Book Bazaar? It's a collection of indie and self pub authors all working together to promote each other's work! 100% human made, NO SLOP! We've got multiple genres, and this year I'm a part of it!
Check out our website HERE and be sure to follow projects that look interesting to you! Backers get many exclusive perks, and you get to feel good about supporting small creators and fresh voices.
So if you're tired of treading the same Hollywood stories about the same kind of hero, if you're looking for (often) queer or minority authors, now's the time and place to find them!
Want to know about mine?
Monsters in the shadows.
A city in peril.
Can one shapeshifter save Akert City before the moons go dark?
On a world terraformed by refugee humans a long time ago, native species shapeshifter, Enaka Lomawir, is tasked with hunting the spreading fungal monsters called the senka. But all is not well when their latest job goes awry, and they're left without support in a foreign country trying to save its citizens from certain destruction.
With both political pressure and the country's preeminent archmage bearing down on their movements, will Enaka be able to stop the senka from devouring the continent? And if they do, can they hope to escape the oppressive threads they've found themself entangled in?
"Echo sight is one of the best things I have ever read." - ARC reader
"For fantasy debuts from a (relatively) new author, I mainly look for one of two things: an engaging, unique or at least interestingly conceived world or concept (e.g. Eragon), or a strong, meticulously crafted narrative (e.g. The Shadow of What Was Lost). If the novel has either of those, I consider it as a success, as it's exceptional for an unestablished author to achieve both.
Luckily for me, Echo Sight is such an exception." - Zack, reader on GoodReads
Released last year as an ebook in May 2025, this campaign seeks to fund its first physical copies and reward those making it possible with stickers, bookmarks, art, and a related never-before-released short story. Not only will it allow me to sell at physical events, but I can also donate copies to local libraries so that many more can find Enaka's story.
They may not be human, but their disabillity, neurodivergence, and queerness comes from the very human author who knows what it's like not to see yourself in traditional media.
For all places to find the ebook, my author website can link you to Apple, Kobo, Amazon, Itch-io, and many others HERE!
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
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Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
Your dialogue is stiff because everyone is being too honest
Great dialogue can come from radical emotional honesty. But in most real conversations, people
dodge questions
answer indirectly
lie (badly)
change the subject
crack jokes to avoid serious answers
lie (convincingly)
say half of what they mean
tell the truth but get so anxious/angry/defensive others now think they're lying
If your dialogue feels unnatural, it might be because everyone is saying exactly what they think, or articulating their thoughts too well. Try letting characters hide things instead.
The best advice I ever got, and thusly, I think, the reason I always get compliments on my dialogue, is this:
Your two characters are having a conversation, but each one is having a different conversation. They should always reply to what they think the other person is saying, and they should always be wrong about their assumption.
Now, obviously, like any writing advice, this rule is meant to be broken. Any writing advice you are given is more like... a guideline.
If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.
1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.
2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.
3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.
4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.
5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.
Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.
Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.
For any writers who find themselves shelving projects and not finishing them, what would you say is the main reason you stop? Stress? Not enough time? Lack of motivation? Curious to hear your answers.
My original series, Ember Wind, died for 2 reasons: Aircraft College & Burnout
From 2018-2020, I wrote close to 250k words across 3 and a half books & 2 seasonal short stories. I was finishing the main books in 6 months or less while working 40-60 hours a week at a dead-end auto repair job for $11/hour. I started College in fall of 2018 and my hours decreased but my life workload was significant. I was actively trying to build a platform on Wattpad; joining book review groups, contests, everything I feasibly could.
Lack of reach, viewership, interaction, on top of losing interest in writing what was effectively a Sword Art Online (SAO) fanfic, piled up and I quit writing altogether in 2020. Covid made my $50,000 repairman’s license look like a very questionable investment and after college I went back full time to auto repair for 6 months still making only $11/hour after 3 years.
At the time, I mentally surrendered my future to the plateau of being a minimum wage slave for Belle Tire…
There’s something that I don’t regularly mention and it probably explains miles of who I am. A lot of what modern me is stems from 2010. 2010 was the turning point in my life. Why?
How to Train Your Dragon
Yep, that movie.
That movie has caused irreversible changes to my mental state. It got me to feel noticed, it got me to fall for the viking aesthetic (albeit a modernized fantasy-like one), and it showed me just how much better things are when you stop trying to appease everyone. While 10-year-old me barely understood the 3rd aspect, later me finally grasped it.
This movie also cemented my love for fantasy dragons. I know the books are a stark contrast to the movie
With my dress style, I don’t directly mirror any character specifically but I wanted to have the viking feel while still being me. I wear it everywhere. Viking is me
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STANDARD BOOK CHAPTERS ARE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2000 AND 5000 WORDS, WITH 5000 BEING CONSIDERED A LONG CHAPTER.
CHANGE YOUR WORD DOCUMENT FORMAT TO A IMITATE A STANDARD BOOK TO SEE HOW MANY PAGES YOU HAVE ALREADY, YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALOT MORE THAN YOU THINK AND WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF YOU <3
At present, Heart of Oak is around 105,000 words, and in 5x8 format comes out to about 388 pages. You never quite realize just how much you've written until you put it into this perspective
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It doesn’t happen often, but when my characters seem to just say and do everything completely in character without me having to fight to make their dialouge sensicle and plot relevent, that’s honestly such a soothing feeling for a constantlty stressed writer
2. When it gets to my favourite chapter
I’m sure every author has spent days of their lives, daydreaming about future chapters they haven’t gotten around to writing yet. And there isn’t a better feeling then when that day finally comes. And that idea can become reality through words on a page.
3. When my character say something
Whether it be heartbreaking, beautiful, cruel or profound, I can’t help but give credit to the character rather than myself for the dialouge that appears on the page. Sometimes words on a page really mean more than you the things you can say with your lips.
4. When my writing makes me cry
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for a good story, and sometimes, my own story is exactly what I’ve been looking for, that when I get a good idea, or I go back and read something I’ve written, I can’t help but shed a few tears at it. Whether it’s the quality or the moment itself, sometimes it just gets to me.
5. When my characters fall in love
I love romance, and my novel is a romance, so excuse me if I get a little bit excited each time my characters and heading more and more in love. Never mind that I planned it they would be a match in every universe.
6. When my music times up perfectly
There are some very rare occassions when my playlist matches up with the mood or even has topical dialouge that syncs with what I’m writing and if that doesn’t feel like fate is telling me I’m on the right track, I don’t know what does
One of the best feelings I get is when the story I’m trying to tell writes itself. What I mean by that is the words come out onto the paper with little thinking effort from my end. I don’t have to sit there and think of how to make this scene work, it simply just does.
2. If I can feel it, they can too
One of my biggest goals is to make a story so well written that the people who read it can feel the same things I felt while writing it. When a scene breaks my heart or fuels my rage, I can only hope it translates well when the next person in line reads it. A writer’s best work is when they’re emotionally charged
3. The Music Clicks
I put on a massive variety of background music, but nothing quite hits like Beast in Black during a high-intensity fight scene. I can think clearly through the lyrics and rythm, I can mentally see the fight panning out like some animation on youtube
4. The urge, the drive, the motivation returns
I struggle a lot with actually sitting down and doing the things I need to do, but when that switch flips, what follows is fantastic. When the drive returns, 8,000 words feels like 2, 12 pages feels like 4, and everything just works and nothing can stop me
I don’t know what to post for this place. I’m thinking of trying to mirror my bluesky activity when possible. Y’all like writers posting snippits from their books?
I’m more than open to sharing bits and pieces from Heart of Oak, Alliance of Oak, Carrhae Liquidators, and my many other book projects. It’s all here to have fun with
Would you like to read snippits from my upcoming book(s)?
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After 2 years of not using this platform because I got preoccupied using Bluesky, I’m back and I’m determined to make a mark, in some way, shape, or form. I need to learn how to use this place properly
To see civilization rise is an amazing thing. To see it rise twice is phenomenal. To see it fall not just once but twice, is a harrowing experience. To see a world so perfect become ravaged by greed, to say it breaks the heart paints a light picture.
The world they live in, has fallen much further. While the disease and caustic nature of human progression has been wiped clean for ten thousand years, the scars remain.
Ancient texts from the old world recall devices and technologies once ubiquitous, now almost completely erased. Even if the concept of electricity is understood, their world has no practical use for it beyond war mages.
Buried deep within the recesses of Huma, there are no-go zones that are home to destructive forces invisible to even magical senses. Anything or anyone who dwells in the exclusion zones rarely comes back and those who do never live for much longer. Necrosis sets in and their bodies rot even while they’re alive.
Even if the outworlders recognize these objects and devices, those who live in the world could not be convinced such items exist. To them it is beyond magic, it is even higher than the powers of the gods themselves.
A weapon known to exist is shrouded in mystery. Many call it “Ashen Devourer”. Buried deep within the ground, it lays dormant, ready to awaken and consume the world itself in a single gulp.
