I'm T.L. West, an epic fantasy author with a lifelong obsession with lost histories and fractured myths. My debut novel, The Sea Queen's Shadow, is a story of a lost queen, a secret war, and magic forged in shadow and sea.
Five weeks, too much coffee, one Eagles victory, and a Thanksgiving turkey later... "Cat's Chronicles" is complete, and I'm (mostly) still standing.
On becoming a "ghost in real life," the chaos of creation, and why I'm writing an entire 55,000-word prequel novella for free.
Why spend countless hours building a fictional calendar and language that only a few might ever see? Because this week, all that 'showing up' has started to pay off. I'm sharing a personal look at the 'why' behind the grind, and the first hopeful whispers of interest from people in the biz.
If you measure time by the sheer weight of what happens within it, the distance since my last update feels like an entire era. I’ve spent this long Colorado winter navigating real-world storms and completely rebuilding my novel. We are turning the clock back to 1700. Click through for a life update, a writing update, and a glimpse into the shadows...