Constant, fast-paced action can be exciting in small doses. But eventually, it can become exhausting. If every scene is loud, urgent, dangerous, or dramatic, the reader never gets much time to process what is happening. Everything becomes important. And when everything is treated like the most important moment in the story, strangely enough, nothing feels quite as important anymore.

"Before Life Through the Eyes of a Wolf... Before The Werewolf of the Castle... Before A.T. Pike Studios... I was just a guy who wrote in his spare time. And really, I still am."

Without spoilers? Here is the current version: A cursed werewolf king, a human pacifist marked for sacrifice, and a holy monster hunter collide in a castle where death may be the easiest way out.* *Subject to change. Welcome to The Werewolf of the Castle ©, TM. 🐺🏰

...The Backstory: What Almost Stopped the Book From Happening When COVID hit and the lockdowns began in 2020, I very clearly remember thinking to myself: "If the world really is about to end, I should at least try to put my manuscript together." So I did.