"What makes you think you can stop us, foolish pest?" "Why, I'm not unlike a man with a revolver in hand. Six shots, each as capable of killing you as the others." ----- The Sinhe Confederation's iron grip on the simpler people of the Yurvhan region has never squeezed tighter. The vanquished land swarms with troops to keep people in line and tribute money flowing to the capital's coffers. Mutual resentment electrifies every interaction between oppressed and oppressor. When a new regional governor takes power, the local administration's focus undergoes a shift. The new woman in charge seeks to exploit the natives' land and dig up unique resources for her own gain and that of the Sinhe motherland. But by now, the people have had enough. A six-piece team of covert operatives come together to stop her designs with cunning plans and surgical attacks. Mastermind, soldier, doctor, mechanic, sniper, and driver alike must give this fight their all. The question is, will the alliance of the black rose be enough to spark lasting change? ----- "It's time the rodents bite back." ------ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2020 by @Flamesword01 Cover by @Writesthetic

Baird Amergin is a successful writer and poet from the prosperous land of Ferange. He lives a life of ease with his beautiful girlfriend and is in want for nothing. But when the notorious Redistribution Force shows up at his house and evicts him, separating him from his girlfriend and deporting him to another land, he learns of a certain outspoken, upstanding political figure who has also been relocated to a dreadful place. He joins a band of bickering, misfitted heroes to go to rescue her. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2019 by @Flamesword01 Cover by @Fennagin [WATTPAD EDITOR'S PICK April 2021] *** Previous Readers Commented: "I loved reading this story! It was so much fun to read! Your author notes were just as entertaining, because your personal writing style matches the comments. Thank you for the journey 🤗" -themaskedwomanrc "Such a fantastic book!! I really enjoyed it, you have a talent for writing and I definitely felt like I could see the characters and the scenes playing out before my eyes!" -Purplejeans "This was awemazing! It got better and better paragraph by paragraph, chapter by chapter.. Thank you so much for a nice read!" -thenovice_j "Took two days to finish XD I was up til 2 reading this, its so good!" -ILoveWriting1516

(BOOK 2 OF THE IRON HALLWAY SERIES) Two years after the emptying of the Iron Hallway, Brant Nayan finds himself on a quest for divinity. A member of an organization devoted to restoring the Alcontean gods to the world, he constantly pushes himself to his physical and mental limits in preparation. Not least of his exertions are his many missions to wage war on the growing rebellions against Alconte, foremost of which is the one headed by Princess Chariya of Kemaria. When he stages a battle against a stronghold operated by her and fails, he finds himself a captive and is forced to question everything he knows, and everything he holds dearest. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2019 by @Flamesword01 Cover by @Fennagin *** Previous Readers Commented: "Wow! What an ending. Fantastic cliff hanger for a second installment. Love love love this. Great job. I can't wait to keep going onto the next." -jpjedi "I think you did a really good job making me fall in love with all of the characters :) Even the villains XD Actually, I haven't read any Wattpad novels to the end ever. I'm glad yours' was the first :D Can't wait to tuck into the next book! ;)" -TheTigerWriter

(BOOK 3 OF THE IRON HALLWAY SERIES) Three months after the destruction of the Iron Skeleton, Brant Nayan finds himself a broken man. With the Kemarian Insurgence shattered and his first true friend missing in action, he has nothing left to live for but a cold sense of duty. But when he hears that his friend is in fact alive, he sets off to rescue her, which proves only to be the first in a chain of dominoes leading to the greatest battle in history and a fight to the death with the Alcontean god of peace. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2020 by @Flamesword01 Cover by @Fennagin *** Previous Readers Commented: "Great story. And a very satisfying end to the saga!" -jpjedi "Overall, you had me on an emotional roller coaster and it was totally worth the ride. Thank you for making these wonderful characters and story! :D" -TheTigerWriter "Aww. This is really the end of the trilogy. Thank you, brotha! 💛 I'll definitely miss these people. 🥺💛❤️😍" -thenovice_j

So much writing advice out there is geared toward the percentage of us who possess the ability to create intricate frameworks of plot, character arc and worldbuilding in the abstract, before our pens even hit the paper. (Or...fingers hit keyboard?) And much of that advice goes for all of us. But sometimes, it proves difficult to employ some of those tactics on the fly, when you're already knee-deep in discovery writing. I've found the chaos of discovery writing rather pleasurable and rewarding, and though I would never say I'm a perfect writer, I think I've found processes and hacks that help us pantsers accomplish the same storytelling feats as our more organized counterparts, but in our own way. If you'd be interested in hearing my thoughts on some of these topics, come on in!