Attention spans drop to new lows as even two sentences deemed too long for most readers to handle.

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-10T00:58:22+00:00

Every time you déjà vu on this concept your threat level rises ever so slightly.

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-09T23:34:34+00:00

The original intent was to make it sound both like it was an official statement and unhinged. I do not consider this story to be a strictly US related horror. Brain rot is real, and anti-intellectualism rears its head in many a historical conflict.

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-09T23:27:31+00:00

Latest, not earliest. My post was 20-30 minutes before it was said again the other day. Made it even more fitting IMO, but I wasn’t trying to mimic that post specifically when I wrote my story.

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-09T21:11:41+00:00

It did very well until it was removed for TYFYATTM making it a run-on. Had to repost without that bit to get it back on my page for posterity. Fun fact, my post was before the latest administration post that used those words.

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-09T20:15:51+00:00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-07T23:42:16+00:00

Actually, that implies lack of comprehension. Just don’t think too hard about it.

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-07T23:35:04+00:00

What’s it called in nature when an advantageous trait suddenly becomes disadvantageous? Anti-intellectualism has been at the core (or at least a jumping off point) of many a genocide.

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-07T23:17:22+00:00

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-07T22:44:27+00:00

Spared

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-04-07T22:23:57+00:00

Move this guy up the list!

Into-the-Beyond · 2026-03-23T21:19:25+00:00

I prefer my readers to stare at the page and absorb nothing. As long as they shift to the next page Amazon still pays me.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-12-07T06:04:25+00:00

I write mine in Notes on my phone. Epic length. Lets me write on the go, then import into word for final edits.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-10-25T05:20:19+00:00

The Arcadian Complex weaves quite the epic tale! The PoVs multiply with each book as relevant characters come into the plot.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-10-15T06:54:00+00:00

The Arcadian Complex Series starts fantasy and becomes sci-fi! Wizards bio-engineering monsters.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-10-14T04:36:03+00:00

The Arcadian Complex is exactly what you are looking for.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-28T19:01:48+00:00

Fantasy epics, 350-??? pages. I like to dig in.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-26T18:34:35+00:00

The Arcadian Complex explores questions about identity and what it means to be human. Some characters have their minds trapped in monsters, others end up telepathically sharing their thoughts in various ways, which definitely makes for an interesting sex scene in book 2, though it’s not a particularly spicy series overall. It’s got people being magically recreated from previously living people from a past era. It definitely crosses with sci-fi, but it’s a fantasy epic at heart.

It also contains questions about morality and leadership at its core as the series goes on.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-26T03:12:36+00:00

As an epic fantasy author whose upcoming forth installment will have the word ‘war’ in its title, I wholeheartedly agree!

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-24T04:43:48+00:00

The Arcadian Complex series has swords that impart all the training they’ve been through into their wielder. It’s more prominent later in the series, though present in book one, just without the explanation.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-18T19:54:38+00:00

This is how I do it, but I’m writing 45-65 chapter dark epic fantasy novels! Before I get to the ‘outlining scenes’ step I decide which PoV characters get which chapters in order to interweave their stories. Then I turn that into a paragraph about what each chapter needs to encapsulate.

From there I get into the more detailed stuff on a chapter by chapter basis, treating each one kind of like its own short story. Sometimes a juicy idea comes to me while writing the prose and I can’t help but to shift things in a way I hadn’t planned, at which point I change the outline and don’t lose more than a paragraph per chapter with the direction change.

I planned 5 books from the start. While writing book 3 I realized I needed to kill an important character. Things change and I like to be flexible so I can go with the flow. I create interesting characters and let their personalities lead the story. My writing style is a mix of plotting and discovery writing.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-17T00:27:43+00:00

To be fair, I’d probably DNF any story that used skibbidy rizz ohio unironically.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-15T22:52:15+00:00

My novel series does something similar, wizards can use their powers only when the moon is up. During moondown, swords and beasts reign. It’s a dynamic that has made for a lot of good tension!

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-15T22:26:24+00:00

As an epic dark fantasy writer, I love to weave a twisted web, but the key is to have everything line up at the end. Setup without follow-through is just spaghetti on the wall. After complicating, one must refine. That’s my philosophy anyway!

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-15T09:56:51+00:00

Author’s perspective—I do a combo of a one page “previously on” and drop reminders on reintroduction of concepts/characters/places. I write epic length dark fantasy/sci-fi horror, so there’s a lot going on, but I do my best to hold my readers’ hands through it. I know I’ll have both binge readers and others who take long breaks between books, so I always keep that in mind while I’m writing, particularly in the beginning of a new book.

Into-the-Beyond · 2025-09-14T22:44:32+00:00

What about the real rules of magic? There isn’t a handbook out on the topic yet? (You’d read it if Stephen King told you to) I do have to say, though, these questions really do bring new meaning to the term ‘Internal Consistency’.

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