I find it funny, how you can think you know your character, but then you get into this corner where you can’t get them to do what you want. You try and you try, and pound your head against them, saying “WHY WON’T YOU MOVE!” and then, suddenly, months later after almost giving up on [...]

So, I have decided I really want to keep piddling around in the world Tijervyn is set in. This is not so bad a thing as I have four different nations and four different Meisters of the Secret to play around with. In particular, I want to go back to the novel that actually started [...]

Four months. Has it really been four stinking months? Wow. Just . . . Wow. So, this is pretty short, traditional, “oh crap I haven’t posted anything in a while” type post. But instead of being all emo over why I haven’t been posting, I’m here to say that I have just gotten back from [...]

Okay. As those of you that read my facebook or twitter know, I recently got a rejection letter. It was not the first one I ever got, nor do I think it will be the last. It is almost a mark of pride amongst published authors to talk about how big a room they could [...]

Chapter Five: Purpose I am actually rather burned out right now. Not on writing, but more just on thinking. So, no blog. I was going to put up some crazy self-affirming “I am a writer” spiel, but meh. Maybe another day. I was going to put up some deeply philosophical spiel I’ve already wrote about [...]

Page 7 of Legends of Tijervyn. So, as I’ve mentioned before, I am starting to look into opening a storefront here on RichardFife.com that will have the compiled eBook of Revenant and the ability to buy high quality prints of the artwork. My announcement was made of light and hope and dreams. And no, I’m [...]

Chapter Nineteen: Rescue This week has been a crucible for me. My day job has been placing extreme demands on my time, as have my children. I honestly barely had any time to write. I’ve not slept much, and I was pounding those energy shots like water to try and stay up and awake enough [...]

Chapter Eighteen: “The Basement” I have always felt a little odd, writing steampunk in a secondary world. I mean, part of the point of steampunk is to write an alternate history. People want to see London or Seattle or Paris or Beijing or what-not in the Victorian era with lasers or something. Well, there is [...]

Chapter Seventeen: “Over Coffee” I had all sorts of cool things to talk about right now, but I was kind of rushed on getting this chapter up and ready, and I resorted to taking an energy shot to make it happen. Now, I love energy shots. They have a little bit of caffeine, but mostly [...]

Chapter Sixteen: From the Shadows So, last weekend I was at JordanCon as the toastmaster. While my opening ceremonies (watchable here) were well in the tradition of past years, that is to say, completely zany and awesome, I did leave a bit at the end for a serious speech (which is the better part of [...]