A lot of people wonder how long it takes to write a novel that is 80,000 words or more.
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Some folks have asked about certain aspects of the first book’s story line and in fact I was interviewed by a blog recently who asked, “I am fascinated by some of the hints you’ve given at the odd wild life in Trimoria, but you barely touch on it in your first book. Could you comment?”
Many people have asked me how I came up with the ideas I write about. I suppose you have caught me in a moment where my response isn’t a touch snarky and tongue-in-cheek.
I have always admired truly epic tales. You know the ones I mean. The ones you get immersed and lost in. The story takes you on twists and turns you never expected, run into dead-ends that make you wheel your arms backward to prevent you from falling into an endless abyss. By the time you […]
Let me state up front – this is MY approach. It works swimmingly well for me, but others might think I am bonkers.
I’ve been asked several times, “Where do you get the ideas for a story?”
Was given an excerpt from a Kirkus Review done on my first book. Altogether not bad as reviews go. Especially for the review company that has the tag line “The World’s Toughest Book Critics” (TM) since 1933. Rothman’s language and description are precise and well-tuned to an adolescent readership, even if much of the mid-portion […]
No – I am not publishing the entire book for free, I am just putting it out for folks to see some of the beginning material.
Let me know what you think. This prologue gives you a view into a scene of the primary “Bad Guy”…. Prologue “Attend the throne room immediately!”
