Short Story: A Message for the King

Hi, everyone! This short story isn't super meaningful or anything. It's more an exciting action story that I just had fun writing. I didn't spend a whole lot of time editing it as well, so it's a little rough, but I hope you enjoy! 🙂 I don’t know how it happened. I was peacefully petting …

Novel Snippet: A Silence in the Shadows: Ath’s Attack + Exciting Announcement!!

Just as Jered thought that the battle was complete and they had succesfully driving out the Ocpots from their home, a monstrous form walked into the building. It was cloaked and hooded, and power resonated from it. Some of the Ocpots followed it back into the building. For the majority of the battle Jered and …

Short Story: To War

Hey, ya'll. You know how in most stories you always here about the amazing hero that always survives his battles and kills many foes? Well I was thinking, what is it like to be the single random soldier that is in the fronts lines of a massive battle? What is it like to be the …

Novel Snippets: Mexlor Tournaments: Mysterious Warrior

The fighters on the other team began to walk forward,  and seeing them, the group of the underground army stepped forward, weapons raised, ready to fight. Branden moved forward, Talitha and Jake flanking him. Three other fighters broke from the crowd of other fighters, and moved to confront them, eagerness and happiness visible on their …

Short Story: His Knight

Hey all! Today's post is once again a short short story, just a thousand words, didn't take much time to write, but this time it's a little more in my genre. 😉 I hope you enjoy my short story: His Knight. Read on! The ground was rough beneath his hands. He gripped the grass with …

Short Story: Strength Together: Part 2

Drake ducked under Terrance's swing and then countered with a blazing left cut. Terrance caught it and pushed it forcefully out of the way. Drake slid his blade away from his friends' and leaped high, ready to defeat Terrance once and for all, and then a tap on the back meant he had been defeated. …

Short Story: Strength Together: Part 1

Everything was a haze. Everything but the sword and the eyes. Moving his own sword upward, Drake Romell watched his opponent's eyes to determine where the next move might be executed. Drake saw the eyes flick to the left. There. The man would strike there. When his opponent was just beginning to move his blade …

3 Common Mistakes Found in Fight Scenes

When writing a fight scene where two characters start hitting each other, there are three things you want to think through and avoid while you write. They are pretty common and I have caught myself falling into these mistakes many times. Mistake #1: Flowing With Plot and Theme While you write your fight scenes, you …