Ben Stoddard: Author

 Another podcast has interviewed me about Pride of a King! The Combat Phase is a podcast dedicated to miniature wargames, in particular Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar, but one of the hosts also plays Kings and invited me on to talk about my book. You can find the podcast episode  here. It's always fun to talk about the stories that I have written and how those things can hopefully help others with their own struggles or have conversations about those things that they need to have. I greatly enjoy this work, and am grateful that I have the opportunity to do what I love!

 I was looking through some older reviews and came across this interesting article from Dash28, a Kings of War website. It was a touching review that made me feel pretty good at the time. You can check out the article by clicking  here  if you'd like before moving on to the rest of what I have to say, which is mostly ramblings, but I figure why else would you be here if not for that? Now, this is a great recommendation for my book Pride of a King . At the time of its publishing, I was happy to have produced something that someone else was able to enjoy. Now, though, as I sit on the end of the first draft of that book's sequel, I find myself filled with trepidation by that reviewer's praise. What if I can't do it again? What if the book I wrote was my one-hit wonder? My "Eye of the Tiger" or "Take on Me" if you will. What if I can't replicate the things that made the previous book a success?  Doubt is a devious worm that eats away at your innards ...