The painting was generated using AI in a Baroque-inspired oil style, based on original character references. It’s part of a larger visual series meant to support the book’s development and reader immersion.

All characters are original, and are simply to be referenced as visual accompaniment.

What's so frustrating is that it takes less than a sentence - usually just a muttered comment in my case - to keep me engaged. It always feels like the wave is about to crash, and it never does. It's my least favorite thing to find when I'm reading.

Just sitting there thinking about it like "waitadamnminute" 😂 I love it when that happens

Literally one of the best movies I've ever seen, I couldn't stop thinking about it once I walked out of the theater

What's been the most random one? I don't know where mine was, a lot of inspo usually comes from imagining buildings as they age through hundreds and thousands of years, and then building figures and worlds to fit the architecture or surviving art

I'm usually listening to a song and one of the lyrics will strike something. Like I was listening to Spotify Shuffle and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" came on, so now I have a fully written horror/nightmare dream sequence to add to the book somewhere.

#fantasywriting #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #environment

The Name of the Wind! Have reread it often enough to have it running through my mind most days, and it's the first book I recommend anyone who asks!

Absolutely this one. I have the bones of the story fleshed out (characters, interactions, plot devices, etc.), but once the flesh starts to coat the bones, then I get to see how each piece functions with the others.

It's like building a hand from scratch, and being surprised when it works properly

I'm still too early in the story to have to kill someone off (yet), but I'm dreading the day I realize it has to happen! I'm sorry it reached that point with your book 🥲