Picture This #5—a window on the world to see what the people or the places look like in your favorite fantasy books. We’re sharing pictures of people, places, and things from our stories! www.robinlythgoe.com

A Drift of Quills: Picture This #5

Picture This #5—a window on the world to see what the people or the places look like in your favorite fantasy books. We’re sharing pictures of people, places, and things from our stories! www.robinlythgoe.com

Blood and Shadow is Now Available!

I am thrilled to announce that Blood and Shadow, the first novel in the Mage’s Gift, is now available on Amazon! It’s taken a lot longer to get here than I’d planned, but we’re finally there, and book 2 is not far behind. No, really. A vengeful mage. A powerful gift. A naive youth. Sherakai never wanted to become a warrior like his father and brothers. Satisfied with being fourth in line to inherit title and responsibility, he wants only to be Master of the Horse. But on the eve of his sister’s wedding, a terrible gift arrives and Sherakai’s course […]

Another Update—In Case You’re Wondering!

Hello, wonderful readers! I just wanted to make a drive-by post to let you know I’m still breathing. I’m deep into edits of Book One of The Mage’s Gift: Blood and Shadow, and I just want to say ohmygoshhowcaneditingbesoslow?! Yeah. Like that. I would like to give a percentage of progress. Something concrete, like I’m 62% finished. But silly things like “consistency” have me going back and forth in the manuscript until I’m dizzy. But… I’ve got two little snippets to share with you. First, a picture of the timeline: Yes, it’s small. Yes, some of the words look kind of blurry. […]

So I'm Writing, Right? (Novel Excerpt)

So I’m Writing, Right? (Novel Excerpt)

It’s Blogday for me, and although I could write a post about grammar, painting and fancifying a wall, the book I’m (still) reading, or a short humor piece about a recent encounter with a doctor, I want to work on my book. I thought I’d share a little excerpt with you…