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 […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 5
This actually encompasses chapters five and six in edition two of “Reawakened Flames.” I originally had both Aria’s and Landa’s perspectives all in one chapter separated by a space break and a location heading. When the book was rewritten, it made more sense to break […]
Journal Entries Part 1
Quite a few years ago, I received the first few books of the Leven Thumps series as a Christmas present. Along with the books was a journal. I used and continue to use that journal to write about how book projects are doing. I thought […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 4
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. 4 Echrist Far to the north and deep in the mountains, another troubled soul is perched […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 3
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. 3 [beginning removed] Jayce is her boyfriend. They met two years ago when he joined the […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 2
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. 2 Aria sits at her desk in her bedroom pondering all of this one night. Two […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 1
Since there are two older versions of “Reawakened Flames,” I thought it would be cool to look back at them and point out some differences. I can even give some writing tips here and there. This series of posts will look back at edition one, […]