Tag: Pandemic

• Writing During a Pandemic

  

  After writing for over a year, I finally finished A Curse of Venom & Scales on the 6th of May. Once I’ve finished a book, I’m usually a bundle of excitement. I almost immediately start plotting the next book in the series, and I gush to everyone who will listen about my upcoming novel. This […]

  Yolandie Horak

  12th May 2021

  Personal, Writing

  A Curse of Venom & Scales, A Study of Ash & Smoke, A Trial of Sparks & Kindling, ACOVAS, ASOAAS, ATOSAK, Covid19, Creativity, Fall of the Mantle, Fall of the Mantle Book 1, Fall of the Mantle Book 2, Fall of the Mantle Book 3, Indie Writers, Lockdown, My Writing Process, Pandemic, Writer, Writers’ Block, Writing, Writing Community, Writing Journey, Writing Life, Writing Process, Writing Update

• Hello

  

  It’s me. I’m still on a high after Friday’s release of A Trial of Sparks & Kindling. I honestly still can’t get over the fact that I now have two books out there. Two. It’s surreal. Maybe it’s because of this high that I have the energy to blog. 🙂 I’m not going to lie, […]

  Yolandie Horak

  27th July 2020

  Personal, Writing

  Anxiety, Depression, Indie, Indie Authors, Indie Writers, Life, Life Update, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Pandemic, Personal, Perspective, Update, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Community, Writing Life, Writing Update

• Rot – An Illness Based on the Bubonic Plague

  

  A major plot arc in A Study of Ash & Smoke is about a mysterious plague that breaks out in the kingdom of Aelland. Under normal circumstances, it shouldn’t be strange that an unknown illness spreads to a new kingdom, except Aelland is closed off from the rest of the world by an impenetrable forcefield, […]

  Yolandie Horak

  12th March 2020

  Writing

  A Study of Ash & Smoke, Bubonic Plague, Epidemic, Fall of the Mantle, Fall of the Mantle Book 1, Indie Authors, Indie Writers, Pandemic, Rot, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Community