So my edits with #thefourgods have come to a standstill. A good chunk of the book only needs minor edits, but the last third of the book still needs a plot overhaul. As much as I hate to say, I’m scared that it isn’t going to work. These books and notes that have been by my side to try to work out this complex, mysterious world, and hopefully I’ll find the answer soon. Back to the grind. #writerproblems #writersofinstagram #writerslife #amediting #plotholes #buildaladder
Last moodboard for #thefourgods and this one is for Longwei, the dragon of the Si Ling and bossman of the group. #amwriting #amediting #moodboard #qinglong
Next moodboard for #thefourgods is for Chonglin, the qilin of the Si Ling. #amediting #amwriting #moodboard #qilin
Next moodboard for #thefourgods is Fengge, the Fenghuang of the group and southern guardian in the Si Ling. #amediting #amwriting #moodboard #zhuque #fenghuang
I decided to start doing moodboards for #thefourgods to promote my characters to my readers. First up is Gen, hero of Book 1. #amediting #amwriting #moodboard #xuanwu
OC Doodles that some of you may recognize. Not TFG, but I’ve been sporadically writing blurbs while I edit. On the top is Owphiyr Kokinos, a phoenix, and on the bottom is his partner in crime, a hippogriff named Artaxias Xanthopolous. These two guys are from a story I started writing a long time ago, around the same time as TFG. Red Ashes, as it came to be called, was a speculative fiction story with a similar premise to TFG: how history was viewed through the eyes of mythical beings and how the actions of humans would have changed their lives, all while being forced into a human form for their own safety. While TFG will get dark, Red Ashes took the theme to a whole new level, starting during the Greek Genocide after WWI and ending during the aftermath of the Holocaust. I have never truly started writing the story (stray chapters exist in the depths of my computer somewhere) and maybe I’ll write it one day. But because of the sensitive and controversial content it contains, Red Ashes has been indefinitely delayed. #characterdesign #amediting #doodles
Historical review up in here, yo. Love #chinahistorypodcast way too much. The bulk of my edits is probably going to be adding and fact checking for #thefourgods since Chinese gods in ancient China can’t just float in a mythical world the whole book. #amediting #amwriting
My trusty, huggable editing buddy. #amwriting #amediting
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