Mortality of characters

      Should a protagonist die?
It's a question many authors struggle with. Personally, I think it's an important part of activating the reality wheel in a narrative. It can honestly be annoying when a hero overcomes every outrageous obstacle or battle unscathed, eliminating fear that the character might actually not survive a horrendous encounter. Killing heroes creates an atmosphere of uncertainty. Can they defeat that monster? Is this quest too much for them? Will the dragon eat their face off?!? It's one of the reasons I've stayed away from the traditional 'stop the apocalypse' or 'save the princess' story arc. I find the domino effect style a lot of fun when writing. Events triggered by the protagonists actions give the narrative a much better flow than a story trying to wrap everything up nicely with a bow to accomplish its preconceived end goal. Sometimes there's nothing worse than predicting a story's ending! 

      This is concept art for Crystal's appearance in Misanthropy. Adam's been doing some great work drawing the characters! He's working on colouring the cover at the moment, though I won't be revealing it until just before the book release.



      Book reviews are hard to get! I've done 3 Goodreads book giveaways in which I've given 20 free copies to people yet I'm not getting many reviews and I'm not sure if I'm hitting my target audience. If you're reading this and would like a free copy in exchange for a Goodreads review, message me on the Born of the Phoenix facebook page and I'll send you a copy, I'll give 10 away so get in fast! ....or slow lol I'm not sure if anyone reads this blog at the moment.