I'm hoping to write as much as possible this month, over Christmas.
While I can't really share too many details, I can give some hints.
- There are up to 30 main characters, which can become quite a challenge to deal with.
- Characters in total, there are around 200! Most of these are support characters and many are just mentioned.
- The Fantasy world includes several religions.
- There are no Elves, Goblins, Gnomes (What was Terry Brooks thinking) or Dragons. However when you read the books you might think I'm stretching the truth 😏
- I had the original story idea between 15 and 20 years ago.
- The section in chapter 8 was the first idea I had which eventually led to the whole story.
- I've sketched many of the main locations just to help me visualize the action. This is one of the locations coming up:
Some of the main characters include:
- A young man (no surprise)
- A middle aged woman (one of my favorite characters).
- A Knight
- A non-human warrior
- A mythical creature from northern European folklore.
- Several creatures from British folklore.
I've also been thinking again about cover art and whether I should engage a cover artist or have a go myself. I think I might try to do my own first and see how it looks.
Current word count is 143986 which is just more than Tolkien's "The Two Towers".
I think I'm probably 50% through now. I'm aiming for completion by Christmas 2017.
That's all for now,
Cheers,
John Howes.
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