L.S. Engler

  • RoW80 Check-In: The Waiting Game.

    “Locke grunted, trying to hold down his irritation. ‘Men lie, Majani,’ he said, ‘and quite often, and that’s why I ask. You didn’t honestly believe us to just blindly follow anyone with enough gold into caves and secret dungeons, do you?’” I wasn’t sure if I was going to pull off a check-in post today,…

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  • Whittle the Days Away

    I’ve noticed these posts where I talk about myself have been kind of popular lately, so, guess what. You’re going to get another one. I was going to take the day off from the blog today, but then I thought I’d write about my feelings instead. Lucky you. What’s prompting this sudden burst of familiar…

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  • Character Interview: Locke Mandrake Battarack.

    A little while ago, I proposed an idea that would spark up some interest in what’s intended to be my next WIP, Serpent in a Cage. Already, I’ve done a post talking about the geography of the world that SiaC kicks off, but I had mentioned character interviews on the blog where readers can also…

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  • When You Can’t Think of Anything to Write…

    Some days, you just can’t seem to think of something to write. Well…this statement is not necessarily true. Thankfully, I’m starting my two days off to focus on writing very well, in that I have a very strong drive to really pound out some words on my various WIPs. I also have a few ideas…

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  • RoW80 Check-In: Microsoft Word Hates Me.

    “Thankfully, Taluin had enough compassion and empathy to know what he meant without him having to say. ‘Oh, Locke,’ she said, her voice catching, breaking in her throat. ‘You were her world.’” So, some of you may have been reading about my recent awesomeness revolution lately; some of you may not. In a nutshell, life…

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  • Embracing the Awesome.

    If I needed any more confirmation that the change I’m planning to make in my life is the right one, it arrived in droves yesterday. Apparently, I could stand to just bear my soul and be frank more often, because yesterday’s post got such a great response (though, rereading it, I wished I had edited…

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  • The Awkward Blogger.

    It is a pretty well established fact that a great deal of writers in the world are awkward and insecure about themselves. Oh, sure, there are the rare few that are imbued with a sense of self-accomplishment, almost to the point of annoyance, but I think the majority of us scribblings out there tend to…

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  • RoW80 Check-In: It’s Sunday Already?

    “‘Locke!’ Taluin’s voice was suddenly a whip, sharp and commanding…and stinging, too. ‘Don’t ever say something like that again! They were your parents; it’s your history. You should ask! Ask everything; you have a right ot know, and no one can blame you for your curiosity. Ask. Especially since I have answers. Please, ask, but…

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  • The 100 Books Project: The Myth of the Garage.

    “So maybe you don’t need to think out of the box. Maybe you just need a new one to think in.” “The Myth of the Garage” by Chip and Dan Heath Everyone’s probably familiar with the adage that claims that you get what you pay for. Working in sales, I’ve been known to say it…

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  • Welcome to Aryneth.

    For how absolutely essential and pivotal the world of Aryneth is to my writing and why I became a writer in the first place, it’s a little astonishing how little I talk about it here in this blog. I blame college for that; there was such a strong emphasis on avoiding genre fiction and embracing…

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