The Stone of Light was an old trilogy that I got pretty far on. It was the last one that I wrote before Sparks Shall Rise because I remember working on it in my junior year of high school. In my Spanish class, we wrote […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 9
This includes most of chapter ten in the final edition of “Reawakened Flames.” Reminder: My notes will be in italicized red font, and the text from E1 will be in black. E1 refers to edition one, and E2 refers to edition two. 9 [removed a […]
Journal Entries Part 5
All those years ago, I kept notebooks and printed out papers for the stories. Sometimes I was working on them at school and had to write the story by hand and then type it into the computer later. When I worked on Sparks Shall Rise, […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 8
This is actually chapter nine in the final edition of “Reawakened Flames.” Reminder: My notes will be in italicized red font, and the text from E1 will be in black. E1 refers to edition one, and E2 refers to edition two. 8 “Princess Aria, are […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 7
This encompasses the second half of chapter eight in edition two of “Reawakened Flames.” Reminder: My notes will be in italicized red font, and the text from E1 will be in black. E1 refers to edition one, and E2 refers to edition two. 7 Toranon […]
Journal Entries Part 4
I know that some authors like printing out early drafts of their stories to do an edit on paper rather than on the computer. For me, I am always too worried that I will waste a lot of paper, so I tend to do everything […]
Journal Entries Part 3
Here you can see where Torrannon came from. I’m pretty sure the god’s names were taken from other things, particularly The Silmarillion. That’s one of the many reasons I never went too far into creating the two older series. May 30, 2008 I’ve been working […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 6
This encompasses chapter seven and the first half of chapter eight in edition two of “Reawakened Flames.” Reminder: My notes will be in italicized red font, and the text from E1 will be in black. E1 refers to edition one, and E2 refers to edition […]
The Trials and Tribulations of Self-Publishing
Publishing one book was a dream come true. Then I began working on the second in the series. I already had forty-five pages written from a couple of years ago, so I had something to work with. The publishing process for “Reawakened Flames” was full […]
Journal Entries Part 2
When I was writing this fantasy story, I didn’t give much thought to copyright, so I used names and variations of names from other books and movies, especially The Lord of the Rings. Yes, these stories were ultimately abandoned, and no, I will not be […]