25 Pages left, and then I can eat my own weight in happiness (and by that I mean those melty Lindt ball things). In other words, after a good 13 months I AM SO CLOSE to the final draft of 'The Written'. So! Time to give you a little breakdown:
The story of 'The Written' follows the mage Farden, who's a very special mage indeed. When murder and treachery strikes the Arka libraries in Arfell, Farden is sent to discover what the thieves have stolen and why. But despite his best efforts he quickly becomes entangled in web of ancient lies and vicious deceit, one that could have disastrous consequences for the lands of Emaneska. As his world unravels around him, and battling his own dark demons as well as the rest of the world's, Farden has to fight tooth, sword, nail, and spell against some of the darkest forces that he has ever faced.
When I first started it 13 months ago I was aiming to mixup a little bit of Lord of the Rings with a pinch of Sin City, perhaps a darker fantasy novel with gratuitous amounts of sex, violence, drugs, and betrayal. The things we all love. And I think it's gone quite well, even if what I cam out with wasn't what I expected. Farden is the classic sword-swinging protagonist, but he has an earthy side to him, with perhaps a hint of the paranoid, the insecure, and a raging temper to match it all. He may sound clichéd in first appearances but I think he's someone that the reader can identify will and will suddenly find that they like. Farden is a character that is, despite all his problems and his skills, only human after all. And everyone loves a guy who can wield a fire spell or two, don't deny it. There are some dragons as well, for those of you that are way inclined.
And there we have it, a quickfire breakdown of my first book, and there shall be two more of this trilogy to follow (more on that soon). So keep you updates up to date, because the release will hit your Twitter very very soon indeed.
In other news I will be posting a video of a cat drumming tonight. No lie. It's funny shit.
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