Tag: The Moon-Eyed Ones

October 4th, 2016

Countdown to release day! 7 days to go: here’s another piece of art I did early on in the writing process when I was still fleshing out Silas’ character. One of the things he was self-conscious about was his hair, and as he mentions in the book itself that he looks like he’s “been struck by lightning repeatedly.” In the first drafts of the book, he had a penchant for hanging out in trees and had a bad habit of falling out of them (hence the bird and branches). Although he retreats to the trees in a few major scenes still, he keeps his feet on the ground more in the final draft.

The Moon-Eyed Ones will be released on Amazon on October 10th and the first three chapters are available on my website for free reading!
October 3rd, 2016

Countdown to release day! 8 days to go: In September of last year I visited Cherokee, North Carolina because I wanted to do some hands-on research for The Moon-Eyed Ones. When it comes to writing, I have a problem with developing my characters so much that they end up living in a vacuum of nothingness when it comes to the setting. In a blog post I did a while back, I said how important museums, particularly living history museums, can be to historical research for novels and otherwise. To me, this visit was crucial to my writing process and I will always recommend museum and on-site research to writers if they are able in order to flesh out their stories more and to help with worldbuilding. All photos are from The Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Oconaluftee Indian Village, and The Oconaluftee Visitor Center’s Mountain Farm Museum.

The Moon-Eyed Ones will be released on Amazon on October 10th and the first three chapters are available on my website for free reading!
October 3rd, 2016

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJM1wkiKVZM)

(This post is a day late…oops.)

Countdown to release day! 9 days to go: During the writing process for The Moon-Eyed Ones, I listened to mostly Appalachian folk and traditional Cherokee music to get a feel for the story. But if I was stuck in a rut and needed a kick in the pants, I went for modern pow-wow drumming and singing to get me hyped about a scene. This is one of my go-to songs, and despite it being Chippewa (Ojibwe) and not Cherokee, it definitely always got me psyched to keep going.

The Moon-Eyed Ones will be released on Amazon on October 10th and the first three chapters are available on my website for free reading!
October 2nd, 2016

Countdown to release day! 10 days to go: these are the very very first drawings I ever did of Silas and Amadahy, (top left) before there was even a story written behind the two of them back in April of 2014. The two full body sketches are the designs I used while writing. The funny thing is that when I first posted the first drawing online, I mentioned that I wasn’t serious about the story and I never planned on finishing it. Another fun fact is that in my first drafts, Amadahy was the protagonist and the story was entirely from her perspective.

The Moon-Eyed Ones will be released on Amazon on October 10th and the first three chapters are available on my website for free reading!
October 2nd, 2016

Countdown to release day! 10 days to go: these are the very very first drawings I ever did of Silas and Amadahy, (top left) before there was even a story written behind the two of them back in April of 2014. The two full body sketches are the designs I used while writing. The funny thing is that when I first posted the first drawing online, I mentioned that I wasn’t serious about the story and I never planned on finishing it. Another fun fact is that in my first drafts, Amadahy was the protagonist and the story was entirely from her perspective.

The Moon-Eyed Ones will be released on Amazon on October 10th and the first three chapters are available on my website for free reading!
April 13th, 2016

Not familiar with US history? Here’s a good but brief look into the world that The Moon-Eyed Ones takes place in, and some of the effects of government actions that Silas and Amadahy would have had to deal with at the end of The Age of Jackson.
April 12th, 2016

Protagonists! Well, Silas is the protagonist and Amadahy is the main supporting character. These are original drawings from when I first started writing The Moon-Eyed Ones, around 2 years ago. I want to do updated drawings of them now that the story is finished since this was when I just wanted an idea of what they looked like. The book is in revision right now and is about ready for the copyediting stage, which will start in mid-June.