Writing Worlds!

Here, you’ll find more information and imagery pertaining to the worlds I’ve created in my books.

That said, there is the chance for spoilers!

Proceed at your own risk and with your own curiosity.

Disclosures:
Some of the images below are stock art provided by my website host company or licensed by me through a third party. Most are AI-generated through Midjourney under a general license. All of these images are provided for entertainment only and for those who like visual references while reading. None of these images are used in my published books or used for profit. For my covers, I designed my first cover using stock art and the second with a professional artist. I drew the maps for all my books, including the one you’ll see below.

The Bonds of Dissonance Series

There are several worlds in this series, but we’ll start with Erum, the world the main characters spend nearly all their time exploring. On Erum, our characters travel two main continents, Tanvik and Orbolas. I like to think of Tanvik like Australia, its own island and continent, and consists of five realms, lead by Justicars of the Magistrate.


Map of Erum

An excerpt from my creative process…

This is the second version of this map I drew myself and can be found in The Aether Unravels. The original map I created can still be found in The Aether Awakens, and you might ask, “hey, why don’t you update the first book with the new map?”. Well, I decided not to swap them out in the first publication because I like that this self-publication adventure an evolving creative process that everyone gets to witness. Not everything has to match and be perfect, and I find that’s there is beauty in that.

Worlds

  • Erum

    The primary world of the series. A beautiful realm thriving with life where magic reigns and many forms of magic are possible

  • Nijeka

    A crystalline realm inhabited by familiars, animal-like entities that are drawn to the mages of Erum.

  • Umbraxus

    A relatively unknown realm of mystery and darkness. Only a few souls in Erum know of its existence despite its influence on their world.

Characters of The Aether Awakens

Characters of The Aether Unravels

Locations

The first book takes place in Tanvik, an island nation with diverse realms and cultures that had remained isolated for a long period of time. After the boarders opened to trade with Krysas, the city-state of mages across the sea, shifts in power and culture began to change the country in ways no one could predict.