Works in Progress
A brief guide to the author's speech: Because of my familiarity with my projects, I frequently nickname both the works and the characters within them. The most common habit you will find in these pages is the shortening of projects down to just their initials. Please visit each project to observe its "nickname," in case of any confusion.
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Myrlin and Artharus
Crown Prince Artharus and the wizard Myrlin are preparing for adulthood, and what their life after that will be. But after tragedy strikes, they find themselves on the run from Camelot and what they thought they knew. These best friends will have to hold tight to their bond to make it through the adventure of gathering allies to fight the usurper to the throne...before black magic conquers all of Camelot.
A version of the King Arthur legend, as told through the perspective of my magic-infused world (exemplified in Druid Collection) and the lens of the heroes as young men and women.
This book is my first full-length novel, and the project I've worked on longest. It is very dear to me, and one that I hope with strike a chord with audiences young and old as they see some of their quirkiness and concerns captured in these reflections of Myrlin and his friends.
Nickname: M&A
Progress: Planning...First Draft...Alpha Readers...Second Draft...Beta Readers...Third Draft...
Fading Fast
Everyone wants to read the hero stories.
But how many heroes do you find baking bread?
Lina’s not a hero. Just an ordinary witch, trying to make a good life for her sister.
Lina’s not a hero. Just a curious and courageous soul who packs up for the capital city to search for a cure at a moment’s notice.
Lina’s not a hero. After all, what heroes do you find fetching water, washing their face, and sweeping floors?
Lina’s not a hero. After all, heroes save the day for everyone.
And in the end, Lina can’t even save herself.
Originally planned as a mere prequel to a project I hope to begin further down the line, Fading Fast has taken on life as its own as a novel fully in its own right. Inspired by the medieval persecution of "witches," and embodying conflicts of morals, grief, and sacrifice, Lina invites readers to follow her down the path of a hero; a path without a perfect ending, nor middle or start—a path of a simple person doing what they think is right, and dealing with the consequences.
Nickname: FF
Progress: Planning...First Draft...Alpha Readers...Second Draft...
KiT WARNING: Synopsis contains spoilers for Myrlin and Artharus!
Knights in Tights: M&A 2
Sir Gawaine of Camelot is the new king’s loyal right hand, and looking forward to serving his friend in the preservation of the kingdom following the battle for Camelot. Little did he realize how soon he would be called to put his life and skills on the line; although neither in the way he would have expected. When King Artharus’s betrothed, Lady Gwenyvier, is kidnapped by the dastardly Neustrian, Lancelot du Lac, Gawaine must dust off his childhood passion and travel in disguise as a bard to rescue her before Artharus declares war on Neustria. It seems a simple mission, a straightforward quest, but as Gawaine and Gwen are pulled deeper into the enemy nation, the true reason for her abduction begins to emerge from the shadows of the past. They must combine their skills and gather allies to determine the truth before it destroys the passions of true love that surround their every step…or worse, submerges both nations in a war that destroys every effort of peace that Igraine Pendragon once gave her life to preserve.
The first of perhaps many sequels to my beloved M&A, Knights in Tights follows the familiar story of Gwenyvier's kidnapping, but through a weave of world and intense internal conflicts that the French epics do not often express for the cast of these great legends.
This book is my third novel, and is currently setting itself up to be even longer than M&A. It takes a step away from the atmosphere crafted around Myrlin, and focuses instead on a different side of the Tri-Kingdoms, the politics, people, conflict, and magic there.
Nickname: KiT
Progress: Planning...First Draft...