Are you not entertained?

We all know the iconic scene from the movie Gladiator: when Maximus (then known as The Spaniard) defeats six opponents single-handedly in just over one minute.

He had given the crowd the blood that they wanted, but as the dust settled after the one-sided battle, he wasn’t rewarded with the thundering applause he had come to expect—instead his actions were met with shocked silence. Frustrated at this lack of reaction, Maximus hurls his sword into the stands, spreads his arms wide, and asks the question that would be forever immortalized in the minds of 90’s babies around the world.

“Are you not entertained?”

It’s a process…

If you’ve been checking in on the Library over the past couple of weeks, then you know that I’ve started uploading the chapters to my current novel Alexium—and I’m guessing that you’ve also noticed the slightly lower quality of the writing in Alexium as compared to Hunters of Shadows. I expected this, and even gave warning about it in the introduction …

Dealing with Writing Stress

Writing and stress don’t mix very well. Not for me, anyway. Sure, small amounts of stress (like having to meet a deadline or get a higher grade) can motivate you to produce—but if your stress gets out of control then it can be one of the most destructive things to the creative process. It infests my mind, entrenching itself in the background …