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In which we ramble on.
And by we, I mean me.

How to Come Up With Names

6/15/2019

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Since I'm vanishing again this week to write Elder Empire, I thought I'd leave you guys with the answer to a question I get asked all the time: how do I come up with names?

Now, in the interest of writing a streamlined blog post, I have boiled down my process of coming up with names into an arbitrary number of steps so that it sounds easier than it really is!

Step 1.) What are you naming?
This is more important than it sounds. When you're trying to name something, you have to know not only what it literally is (a country, a character, a famous goblet) but also what its role is in your story.

When I named King Zakareth, one of the primary antagonists from the Traveler's Gate trilogy, I started off with two pieces of information: he's the king, he's not a good guy, and my characters start off thinking of him as this tyrannical dark lord.

That immediately starts me thinking in the right direction. I'm not thinking of names like "Chad" or "Thimble" or "Hyberian Thimblewinter" because those don't sound like names for an evil king.

Which brings me to the second step, which is...

Step 2.) Make up a bunch of names.
Just brainstorm. Using the guidance from Step 1, come up with a BUNCH of names. I use baby books, random name generators, darts thrown at boards, movie credits, consulting space oracles, any methods I can think of to come up with a bunch of names.

Then I start whittling down the names to my favorites. This can take hours.

I keep a running list on my phone, and whenever I run into or think of a cool-sounding name, I write it down. It gives me material when I hit this point again...but there's never enough on the list. Never enough.

I spend a lot of time on this section. After you've populated such a list and narrowed it down to your favorites, you pick one and move on to Step 3.

Step 3.) Does it sound cool?
I was tempted to put "Is it appropriate to the setting?" here, because it's more important, but you can make a cool-sounding name setting appropriate. It's harder to take a setting-appropriate name and make it sound cool after the fact.

This part is of course subjective, but it's still important. How does the name sound to you? A lot of times people get hung up on trying to find the perfect name for your character or your favorite magic sword, but at this point it's really more about sounding neat.

This is also why step one is first: more important people, places, and things need cooler-sounding names. If a country is only going to be mentioned once as "the exotic land to the north ruled by sentient flies," you can just come up with a name off the top of your head. Zenethar. It's Zenethar now. 

If it's the country your characters live in, it bears a bit more thought.

But it's also not just how it sounds to you, but also how it sounds to other people. Get your beta readers to tell you what they think of the names. If some names stand out as being not cool enough or too cool (your bartender's name doesn't need to be Arondolio the Magnificent), just change them.

Step 4.) Is it appropriate to the setting?
This is very important, but it comes fourth because I usually do it fourth. If you think your character is a Senator who should have an ordinary name, you might think of something like "Steve." But that doesn't fit your sci-fi setting, so maybe "Sheev" instead (do it). 

Steps 2 and 3 are where I play around with names the most, trying out variations. Since most of the Territories are named after mythological afterlives, I had the world's hardest time coming up with Valinhall's name.

Seriously, it was a huge pain. But the breakthrough came when I thought of Valhalla (that took longer than you might imagine) and then played around with variations of the name until I came up with "Valinhall."

That's a combination of Step 3 (looking for something that sounds cool) and Step 4 (making sure it's appropriate to your setting...and in this case, the setting was a world in which these magical dimensions are named after mythical locations).

Step 5.) Avoid overlap.
What else have you named? If you've got a main character named Simon, you probably don't want another major character named Saman. Or Sian. Or Sonim.

You want to make sure that your most important names sound AND look as different from one another as possible. You have to consider both how the names sound when spoken out loud and how they look on the page.

If one of your characters is named Simon and the other is named Lymann, you're never going to confuse that on the page, but you might out loud. Alternatively, Simon and Síman might be pronounced very differently, but they look almost exactly the same.

But the main mistake people make is naming too many characters with the same first letter. Harry, Herbert, Helen, Humpty, and Huxtable are very different character names that you're not going to confuse, but it gets real mixed up when they're all sharing a scene.

So anyway, that's how I do it. It's more of an art than a science, and I spend way too long on it during each book. 

One final tip: your reader makes the name work in their head. They will come to associate the qualities of the character with the name over time, even if the name doesn't suggest those qualities at the beginning.

For example, "Palpatine" is not an especially evil-sounding or intimidating name.

​-Will
77 Comments
Cookies
6/15/2019 10:22:52 am

I smell hopes increasing

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Cookies
6/15/2019 10:30:15 am

On a more related note, is that why many villains have "sharper" names?

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Jeremiah
6/15/2019 11:45:59 am

I am gathering more stars for my discord nick

Kandra
6/15/2019 01:50:35 pm

Bother, I have to give Hosoke more stars. I think I might run out after all...:/

Anthem
6/15/2019 10:36:23 am

This is exactly what I want to know from every author. I love learning the process behind names and how different authors go through this. I am ALWAYS thinking about this when reading books, playing games or listening to stories. Thank you so much.

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:29:53 pm

Hey, I'm glad! I've noticed there are a lot of necessary parts of writing a book that are often overlooked in writing advice, like how to come up with names or how to decide what traits to give a character.

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Lindon
6/15/2019 11:44:36 am

Hey, Will could you finish the seventh part of my biography. I'm losing fans the more you wait. Also, I will send you the rest of my story today.

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Shera
6/15/2019 03:23:33 pm

*points Syphren at Lindon*
Get in the line...

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Exactly
6/15/2019 07:16:36 pm

Thank You!

Simon
6/16/2019 09:29:09 am

Yeah, well, yours keeps getting delayed. If anything, I should be next. *pulls out Mithra* *puts on mask*

Contrarian Raccoon
6/17/2019 09:23:08 am

Personally, I think Will should start a new series before thinking about continuing an ongoing one. It's the only choice that makes any sense.
Preferably a romance, which Will is known for

Protagonist-kun
6/25/2019 09:05:49 pm

Hi there~

Protagonist of *I Got Reincarnated Into an Online Game as a Healer* checking in!

I think it's really great that Mr. Wight is telling all your stories, but he *did* promise this April that he was going to write *my* story soon.

I hate to be a bother, but my harem of girls of various anime/fantasy species, (one of whom is most definitely a loli and is only legal because she claims to be over a thousand years old) really want to have their spot in the limelight!

Thanks guys~

PS. How are you guys even commenting? I was fortunate enough to get reincarnated into another world with my smartphone by God-sama, so I can still browse the web.

Will link
6/30/2019 04:01:54 pm

...also, Protagonist-kun, even in a parody I wouldn't make a romantic interest a thousand-year-old little girl.

I don't mind having immortal children in the WORK (I mean, Sesh the Dragon Monarch goes around in the form of a little boy), but as a love interest it just skeeves me out way too much. Even as a joke.

So basically what I'm saying is that your harem is all catgirls.

Protagonist-kun
7/1/2019 08:56:11 pm

I'm glad you aged-up the lolis, Will. Frankly, that kind of thing might fly in Japan but in the US it's still weird.

Will link
6/30/2019 03:30:38 pm

If you were REALLY Lindon, you'd have told me this in person when I summoned you last night.

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Guy
6/15/2019 03:03:33 pm

Putting a book update at the beginning of a blog post?

“It’s a bold strategy Cotton. Let’s see If it pays off for him.”

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Ryan
6/15/2019 04:04:47 pm

Overlap is super annoying. Completely breaks the flow of the story for me

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Chris
6/15/2019 04:05:12 pm

Will I'm dying to know how you came up with Seshethkunaz. Was it a variation on a another name? A name generator? Another language? It's just so out there the I can't imagine where it came from.

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Lindon
6/16/2019 10:21:17 am

That's true. I heard it means"Devourer of Worlds."

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:33:15 pm

I wanted dragon names in Cradle to sound overly complicated, like a mouthful of jumbling syllables. Seshethkunaaz (I can never remember if it's two Us or two As so I always have to look it up) was one of the first I came up with, and I name the others based on that kind of sound.

Now I kind of come up with a shorter 2-4 syllable nickname and then tack way too many other syllables on the end. Garryl = Garrylondroth, Sophara = Sopharanatoth, etc.

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Jack Sprat
6/15/2019 07:57:37 pm

Overlap? Why worry about overlap? Why not make two of your major female protagonists have names that sound remarkably similar when you listen to the audiobook so your readers can be very confused when they mishear? You can call them Elaine and Egwene and have them never separate for large chunks of your first several books!

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:34:39 pm

I was so disappointed when I first read the pronunciation guide and realized that Egwene was supposed to sound like Eggwain.

But I still don't call Mazrim Taim "tah-EEM," as the guide suggests. I pronounce it "tame," because that's how I read it, and you can't stop me.

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Dustin
6/15/2019 08:11:12 pm

I never understand this. I may be unique, but names mean practically nothing to me. I get the not wanting to use similar sounding or duplicate names for characters, but spending a lot of time formulating names just doesn't make sense to me. You said it at the end of your post WIll, readers make the names work and come to associate the traits of the character with the name.
Quite frankly if I were just going by the way the name sounds to me I would think Lindon was a pansy ass little bitch. It's not a very strong or cool sounding name to me. That doesn't detract from the story for me though. It's just a name and it's still a great story with great characters.

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Generic name generator
6/15/2019 08:30:17 pm

A cool name is an enhancer that can make a setting shine. Put names you hear everyday in a fantasy setting and it can sound like a beginner's dand campaign. Not nearly as cool when Steve and Mary beat Wally as when frodo and aragorn beat sauron. Also... London wasnt supposed to be very strong or cool... he was a cripple.

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Dustin
6/17/2019 11:57:12 am

I'm not saying it doesn't do that for you or others. Like I said, I've never understood it though. I'm not saying characters should be named Humpledink Dinglelinger IV or anything like that, but no name has ever added anything to a story for me. A generic name is as good as any name for me.

Will link
6/30/2019 03:39:43 pm

My last point is very important, and it is kind of a counterpoint to the rest: a well-established character will make the name, rather than vice-versa, as long as you haven't done something REALLY off the wall (Humpledink Dinglelinger IV).

Just like in real life. If you know a guy named Raphael who is boring and pedantic and eats nothing but bologna sandwiches, you're not going to hear "Raphael" as this exotic, dramatic, over-the-top name anymore. Because you start thinking of this guy.

However, even if it doesn't matter to you as a reader, if you're sitting down to write things you still have to make these decisions. Which means you need a metric by which to make them. The fact that you can get away with most names should give you the freedom to settle on something so you don't get caught in limbo forever debating the perfect name for every character, but it shouldn't mean you name every character after the first name that pops into your head.

It's still worth knowing what names suggest to the reader. If you thought the name "Lindon" made Lindon sound weak and frail, then that did add a layer to the character for you, and thinking about that is something the writer can do to add an effect to the character.

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Robert
6/15/2019 10:24:58 pm

That is a really involved process but it makes a lot of sense. Reminds me of how comedians are always making notes and observations for potential jokes times 10.

Unrelated, it occurred to me a recently that Orthos ... isn't actually a turtle. He's clearly a tortoise based on his description (high domed shell with ridges, lives on land etc.) but he's never once referred to as such.

I always pictured him as a 6 foot tall Galapagos Island Tortoise but the turtle/tortoise thing never clicked. I'm not complaining or anything, most people use turtle to refer to both and it's kind of like what you said how people have their own image of things/characters. Orthos is a turtle because he says he's a turtle.

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Cool Person
6/24/2019 08:00:44 pm

Oh wow... you're right. He IS a turtle

#my-life-has-changed-so-much

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Madeline
6/29/2019 08:41:29 am

Or it could be a case of what Will said before, sacred beasts' bodies change as they age to be more "ideal" for their path. So if a sacred house cat would eventually look nothing like a house cat as it advanced further and further, it's reasonable to think that a turtle with destructive dragon madra might become more tortoise like (since turtles are built to swim, and Orthos cannot fly, so he isn't a swims through air turtle) in the interest of being mobile while on the ground. Such a turtle would probably still call itself a turtle, like the dragons who take on human form as they advance call themselves dragons, because that's how it started out.

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:42:20 pm

So my initial reasoning for this is that "turtle" sounds way better than "tortoise."

My in-universe justification is that their language does not differentiate between turtles and tortoises, he's a sacred beast partially descended from a dragon so that could affect his physiology, and his "flippers" could have been adapted to more easily travel on land.

...but yeah, he's a tortoise. Don't tell him.

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Bunny Fu fu
6/15/2019 10:57:23 pm

I'm so glad you included that last part. I've literally stopped reading books because authors make following characters hard with their naming. It shouldn't require pencil and paper to keep track of a story line because of naming.

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:44:44 pm

Absolutely, though I learned a lot of these things by screwing them up.

For instance, when I wrote Of Shadow and Sea, I made Shera's mentor named Maxwell.

In the sequel, Of Darkness and Dawn, some of Maxwell's former students have been adopted by the Magister's Guild. Whose name is Maxeus.

That was a complete coincidence--when I created those characters, I never intended for them to share a scene. When I got to book two and I realized what Guild had to be the ones to take on this role, I was like..."Well, that sucks."

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John O'Connor
6/15/2019 11:19:53 pm

If only Christopher Nuttall checked his names before publishing. One of his main characters was called Vas Deferens. True, he was a dick but really? Recently I read a series which had 3 characters with the same first name. Now that was confusing. There are some books where the author gets fancy with the names and just don't bother trying to use them in my mind. They just become "that guy". Keep it relatively simple and make the reader live the story not do mental gymnastics with names.

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:45:32 pm

That's one of my core values when it comes to names. Reader clarity is very important.

Which is also why I need to introduce fewer characters in my books, because sometimes it can get to be a chore to keep track of them all...

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RedskinRobbie
7/4/2019 06:21:36 am

When reading, I change weird overly difficult names into something easier for m my brain to digest. Seshethkunaaz=Seth and that's how I see it for the rest off the book. This is why I can't use Audible for some authors.

****btw....Happy Independence Day and many thanks for the free books!!

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
6/16/2019 05:45:01 am

If only I had known!! Oh well, too late now. . .

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:46:08 pm

Russian names are a different story. So are Korean names.

Come to think of it, this advice pretty much ONLY applies to English names.

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Where for art thou Bill!?!
6/16/2019 08:35:37 am

Hi Will,

I would like to request we hear from your evil twin, Bill. I'm sure he's up to something interesting and we haven't seen him in awhile.

Thanks.

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Desperate Fan
6/16/2019 09:17:12 pm

I second a visit from Bill. He's just got that mischievous gleam in his eyes. You just know he's plotting something devious. There's so much going on in there...

Will's okay too I guess, but Bill!

Now there's a man that can turn a lady's legs to jelly.

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Sword Immortal Darknorth
6/20/2019 12:07:25 pm

I must say, I too am a Bill fan. I can't wait to hear more about his plans for world domination and how we will all fit into his scheme to make alligators the dominant species.

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:47:03 pm

Look, for your own safety, don't listen to Bill. He seems like he's only mischievous, but I think he's got something deeper going on. I STILL don't know what happened to all those goats he stole.

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Lindon
6/16/2019 10:19:00 am

You all can get in line!!!! (Channels Blackflame and prepares to perform Void Dragon's Dance.)

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Extesian
6/16/2019 05:46:28 pm

I favor a schema of adjective-latin suffix greek prefix-noun the adverb
Delightarium Chrondate the Hourly
Tepidarium Hypoblaze the Almost
And such and such

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:48:21 pm

Tbh a cast of characters named in this way would totally work, you'd just need A.) an interesting reason for it, and B.) a handy nickname for most of them.

Maybe Delightarium goes by her full first name, or maybe by Del.

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Cheese Doodle
6/17/2019 08:44:08 am

Thank you for sharing this! I always wonder how people come up with names and this makes a lot of sense.

Sometimes I hear a cool string of words together and think, "That would be a great band name."

The idea of you just hearing cool stuff and making a list is fun.

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:49:01 pm

I really do that all the time. I'm always on the prowl for cool things.

It's better than prowling for lame things.

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Contrarian Raccoon
6/17/2019 09:21:27 am

Naming your characters with naming conventions used by real life cultures is also going to make the reader associate them with the traits of said culture.

For example, Vladimir 'Vlad' Vladovich is going to be immediately associated with slavic character tropes and mannerisms.

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:50:09 pm

I associate Vladimir 'Vlad' Vladovich with the earthworm who haunts my clothes, whispering secret truths into my ear at the stroke of every hour.

But I guess yeah, other people would be thinking Eastern Europe.

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jj
6/18/2019 04:16:05 pm

Cradle got me back into reading books. Hadn't read novels recreationally for years. Looking forward to book 7 😉

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:50:55 pm

I'm glad, JJ! My brother is a genuine fan of the series, and he's not a reader; he probably hasn't read a book not written by me in 10 years, but he's the first one nagging me to get back to work on Cradle.

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Madeline
6/19/2019 10:41:31 am

I really want to see Hyberian Thimblewinter, Sage of the Frozen Trees, in Cradle now.

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:51:10 pm

When did I tell you about my friend Hyberian?

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Madeline
6/30/2019 07:53:09 pm

In the blog post. Fifteen days ago.

Will link
7/1/2019 07:33:19 am

That was a joke, I know I never stop talking about Hyberian. I don't know how I'd get along without the Thimblewinter family and their patented ice magic.

The Nag
6/19/2019 04:20:46 pm

Yes, it’s me again, and I’m going to say relatively nothing about this post, other than the fact that I found it interesting. Sheev Palpatine is really an odd name, but since we all associate it with that evil creep, it’s quite menacing now.

On the main reason I’m commenting—I’m still waiting for that promised Endgame review. But if not getting the review anytime soon means I can (finally) get Of Kings and Killers/Of Killers and Kings, then I’m perfectly happy waiting.

Thank you. Good-bye,

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:51:49 pm

Did I never review Endgame?

Wait a second, you reminded me about this before, didn't you? I'd be delighted to review Endgame. I'll write one up and schedule it for next week.

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Doctor W
6/21/2019 05:26:50 pm

This has bothered me a few times when reading it; how do you pronounce Akura? I assume "Ah-koo-ruh." However, the way it's spelled also makes me think "Ah-kyu-rah," (a la Acura). I'm assuming it's the more ethereal first pronunciation and not the car, yes?

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:53:30 pm

What makes you think I'm sponsored by Acura, the kings of precision-crafted performance? Are you suggesting that every time Mercy is in a scene, I wanted the reader to be subconsciously thinking about the mercifully divine Acura TLX, the perfect blend of economy and luxury?

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Cool Person
6/22/2019 11:07:23 am

2 things:
1: interestingly enough, I LIVE in a exotic land to the north ruled by sentient flies, and
2: Can you please write a chapter of a book while drunk and then post it here?

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:54:50 pm

1. Please send me a postcard.
2. True fact about me: while I do drink, I don't get drunk. I'm wary of the whole concept.

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Lindon
6/25/2019 11:27:34 am

Have you ever thought of making cradle an anime. I personally think with the right studio it could be a huge hit.

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Tim
6/25/2019 09:09:25 pm

Will has said if Cradle sells 40 million copies he will have the budget to do this.

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Lindon
6/27/2019 09:01:20 am

Dang, well I hope it sells 40 million copies.

Will link
6/30/2019 03:56:19 pm

I don't RECALL saying that about 40 million copies, but it is true. If Cradle sells 40 million copies, I'll have the budget to do just about anything.

Including RETIRE AND LIVE ON A CRUISE SHIP FOREVER! EAT IT, NERDS!

(For real though, I would love to have an anime made of any of my books...but it takes a budget of 1.5-2 million dollars on average. Which is, you know, a ton of money.)

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Jonathan
6/28/2019 08:01:13 am

Naming characters is always a fun exercise, but Will seems to have forgotten a portion of the process. The initial name of a character can do several things; highlights personal initial characteristics, or future characteristics. In Lindon's case it seems sort of childish, and his name seems to reflect that.

But Name's can also evolve along with the character, along with titles or nick name, reflecting a certain point in the character's development. As an example, in Cradle, Lindon is referred to by several different designations, each displaying reflections of who is speaking and their sort of relationship to the character.

Examples:

Unsouled
Lindon
We Shi Lindon
Lindon Aurelius
The young Blackflame
Copper
Iron
Jade
Gold
Low Gold
True Gold
Skysworn
Disciple

It's interesting to note that at certain points in a character's development, a fundamental change in naming can be seen if the author desires to. The upcoming book Uncrowned, may be one of those points in Lindon's story. There are certain acknowledgements I haven't seen yet referring to Lindon. Looking forward to what's coming...

Which direction will Will take...

The Aurelius Great Disciple was thought to be the underdog...
The empire's Blackflame Underlord...yada...yada...
The only known Twin Star sacred artist...
We Shi Lindon Aurelius heretofore known as the Overlord of Twin Stars...

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Lindon
6/28/2019 02:28:36 pm

That honestly sounds really dope. "The Overlord of Twin Stars" or "The Twin Star Sage."

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Sage of Obsessive Reading
6/29/2019 07:36:04 am

It could even be shortened, like how the Sage of Red Faith is the “Blood Sage”, The Sage of Twin Stars could be the Star Sage

Will link
6/30/2019 03:58:43 pm

Very true! It's a useful technique to have characters refer to each other by different names, because that can characterize both characters. Good catch!

If you read even closer, you'll notice how Eithan always calls Lindon "sport" and Yerin calls him "honey bear."

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nick
7/1/2019 12:27:19 pm

Danm you Will! You tricked me into rereading the books!

A random cultivator
6/28/2019 10:45:59 pm

Have you ever thought of developing a game in the cradle universe

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:59:24 pm

That would be a dream come true, but I'm not at all a game developer, and hiring a studio takes...a lot. Not just money, but I'd need connections to the right people and a LOT of time.

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Scott Nichols
6/29/2019 09:26:38 am

I'm re reading house of blades and I'm realizing as I read that Will probably learned the bit about too similar names from his own experience of naming Alin and Valin, it is distracting in my own head reading them

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Will link
6/30/2019 03:59:54 pm

Absolutely right. I should have spelled Alin differently, and probably added a syllable so the two names didn't rhyme.

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Scott
7/2/2019 10:13:08 am

I've gotten to where I try to pronounce it in my head as A(y)lin just so they're different. Though then sometimes I mix them up in my head still and I pronounce Valin as Va(Y)lin but then I stop and think about reading Valinhall as Va(y)linhall and that just sounds silly. It's rather somewhat funny now because I can't stop doing it. And now I'm thinking about how to pronounce those parentheses I wrote in to mark the Y's. I...might be a little odd come to think of it.

That guy
7/4/2019 09:41:16 am

Sooo, not to be that guy but have you ever considered making a tiny pudgy antagonist with an annoying laugh/personality?

Also i love your fanbase. Do they have a name?

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maedhros
7/5/2019 08:08:07 pm

This blog post makes me happy. I just came here curious about any news regarding OKAK, and what do you know, a recent blog post about working on it! I love (and own) all of your (published) books, but I have been starting to miss the Elder Empire lately.

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Lauren
9/26/2023 06:21:38 pm

I just started reading the series and keep second guessing how to pronounce character names. Is there a recoding of how to pronounce them? I’ve searched and have come up empty. Thanks!

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