Prologue

So the first thing you might be wondering is: What kind of author am I?

Well there are a number of single word answers to that: Amateur, Noob, Unpublished, to name a few, but seeing as all authors start out that way I decided I should probably go with ‘Fantasy’.

I’ve been a fan of fantasy, science fiction, and to a lesser extent, horror, for as long as I can remember and every time I would put pen to paper, it would be a fantasy world that came knocking first, begging to be let out. Rather than fight against my own instincts, for fear of besmirching the genre that is home to some of the greatest stories every told, by even attempting to join some small corner of its land, I decided to just go with it and try to carve out my own little plot.

So here I am! I’m currently about 45,000 words into my first draft which has already had its ups and downs (more about that later of course!), but now that I’ve started in earnest I decided to create this blog as an outlet for my all my thoughts on the process, to note down all the aspects of writing a novel that I find interesting, fun, or I’m sure will be common, difficult and of course as a platform for myself as an aspiring author.

I hope anyone reading this joins me, and enjoys reading about my journey.

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