Off the Written Path

My name is Andrew Williams. I’m an aspiring (as-of-yet unpublished) writer of speculative fiction, travelogue, and short stories of all genres.

My biggest project right now is my first novel, which is a fantasy epic– it has a mage who’s too powerful for his own good, twin sister assassins who are in over their head, and a deity who may or may not know what he’s doing. (But does the author know what he’s doing? We shall see.)

I started this blog for several reasons: to track my journey as a writer, to provide another outlet for my flighty little muse (just what it needs, I’m sure), and to explore the connections between travel, writing, and storytelling. Because in the end, my passion for all of those is motivated by the same thing: a belief in the power of stories, both to bring people together and to improve our understanding of the world. (I may be a cynical geek, but I’m also an idealist.)

So I’ll be exploring those themes on the blog, in between posting trip reports, writing excerpts, novel updates, critiques, explorations of storytelling techniques, and whatever other randomness I come up with.

All suggestions and constructive criticism welcome. As for complaints, I’ll forward them on to my muse, but she probably won’t listen.