Category: Progress Update

• NaNoWriMo is gone, but the words are not.

  I have joined a group at Willamette Writers with the purpose of supporting each other in writing this November. There is no NaNoWriMo, but it still lives in the hearts and word processors of many who participated in the past. This is the perfect time for me to get some words in, since I have…

  Tristram Lowe

  November 12, 2025

  Novel, Progress Update, Writing

  fantasy author, Nanowrimo, supernatural thriller, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, word count, writer

• A New Chapter

  Hello. It’s been a while. I’ve been swamped but I want to share some good news. I finished another chapter on book three of The Ghost and the Mask! You may recall that I am in an MFA program, which I am loving. But I am writing something new for that (which I also love),…

  Tristram Lowe

  October 27, 2025

  Japan, News, Novel, Progress Update, Writing

  headless, samurai serial killer, supernatural thriller, the ghost and the mask, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, writing

• The Demons of Gratitude

  Can you be grateful for demons? Of course you can! Have you read my books? Whether they give you superpowers or simply push you toward self-realization and empowerment by kicking you around the dungeons of an ancient Japanese castle, demons deserve our gratitude too. So, I’ve been sorely remiss in posting an update lately. First…

  Tristram Lowe

  November 27, 2024

  Novel, Progress Update, update, Writing

  contemporary fantasy, demon hunter, demons, fantasy writer, found family, gratitude, Thanksgiving, the ghost and the mask, urban fantasy

• Words vs. Time

  I wrote 745 words today on book 3 of The Ghost and the Mask. It’s not a lot, but it’s more than my daily goal, which is only 500 these days. It used to be 1000, and I hope to get back up to that, but the time just isn’t in the day right now.…

  Tristram Lowe

  September 12, 2022

  Progress Update, Writing

  asian fantasy fiction, Japan fantasy fiction, supernatural thriller, timed writing, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, word count, writing

• Proofing The Wind on the Blade

  I got my proof copy of The Wind on the Blade the other day, and I’ve started reading through it. I found a few things I want to change… And I’m only half way through. Not to worry though. They are all little things, thankfully. Typos, comma placement, word choice, a few unnecessary sentences. Shouldn’t…

  Tristram Lowe

  March 5, 2022

  Novel, Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  amwriting, demon hunter, Japan, samurai, supernatural thriller, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, urban fantasy series, yokai

• Divergent Sea Bass

  I’m surprised (and yet not) to see that September was the last time I wrote anything. Life is swimming past. We had a little snafu with formatting The Wind on the Blade recently, as I realized that there were two different versions, and the one that was imported into the book hadn’t been updated. I…

  Tristram Lowe

  February 17, 2022

  Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  amwriting, Japan fantasy fiction, the ghost and the mask, The wind on the blade, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, writing

• Necks and Tails

  I had a realization about the final story in The Wind on the Blade, and it was that the guts and the bones are there, but some of them were in the wrong place. And the intent was wrong, or maybe didn’t even exist. I had an intent, as the author, but my protagonist did…

  Tristram Lowe

  September 26, 2021

  Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  amwriting, bones and guts, heads and tails, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books, writing

• Broken Plates

  I have added another 3605 words to the final story in The Wind on the Blade. Is it finished? Maybe. I don’t know. I’m tired and I’m not up for reading it back right now. I’ll do it in the morning. Or sometime thereafter. There is so much on my plate right now. My plate…

  Tristram Lowe

  September 21, 2021

  Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  amwriting, demon hunter, fantasy author, short story collection, urban fantasy, writing

• 3am, writing

  I am writing at 3am, trying to get the final story in The Wind on the Blade finished. It was an incomplete story in its first incarnation. The solution that I have been crafting, with my editor’s input, is something that is much longer and more involved than what I had originally imagined. Therefore, I…

  Tristram Lowe

  September 15, 2021

  books, Japan, Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  amwriting, book, Japan, short story, urban fantasy, writerslife, writing

• POV of the Dead

  I feel good about today’s work on The Wind on the Blade. I only wrote a little over 500 words, but they were good words. The POV shift that my editor suggested is so spot on. I don’t know what I was thinking before. The problem is that I had shifted the POV away from…

  Tristram Lowe

  August 26, 2021

  books, Novel, Progress Update, Short Stories, Writing

  dead characters, POV, supernatural thriller, urban fantasy, urban fantasy books