Category: Excerpt
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Excerpt – TVB: “Xagimn Ocean”
It was a long walk, and the first half was in silence, but after a while, Isalaina already began to cheer up. It was hard for her to stay upset when she was surrounded by green leaves and blue sky and little white puffs of cloud overhead. She’d taken her hair down—no need to keep…
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Cut Scene – TVB: “Naomi”
Update : Added author clarification note before post and link. Updated formatting to current blog standards. An alternate cut scene where I also used the “lilies of the valley” line. It keeps getting cut! Check out the other version here. Winters passed without much grumble in the village of Sinoa, and Jaranin was sure glad…
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Cut Scene – TVB: “In the Rain”
Update : Added link in footnotes. Updated formatting to current blog standards. Since I’m now working on writing TVB instead of just planning it out, I’ll probably be posting a lot more excerpts over the months to come. As I post this, I’m in the process of reviewing chapters 1 and 2, which I wrote…
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Excerpt – TVB: Prologue
Update : Added photo. Updated formatting to current blog standards. Guess what, everyone? I finally finished my planning projects. So guess what I just wrote up? Prologue It was cold that night, she thought to herself. The wavering fire in the hearth cast a pale, dying glow. Wearily, it stretched across the dark house, trying…
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Excerpt – TVB: A Glimpse into an Antagonist’s Mind
Update : Added photo. Updated formatting to current blog standards. Not sure if I’ll be including this in the actual book, but here’s an excerpt I wrote of a monologue by Maddokar, the antagonist of The Victor’s Blade. Enjoy! I am among the first-born. The strongest. The closest to our source. I am only four…
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Cut Scene – TVB: “Zaelor and the Inn”
Update 10/3/2023: Updated formatting to current blog standards. The air was thick and humid at the inn tonight. Stale ale and staler patrons left the tavern swimming in stench. As much as he’d prefer to be able to breathe out in the cool summer breeze, no one was chugging alcohol under the stars. He’d opted…