Tag: Azaya

Building a Chapter – How I Write a Novel (As I Write It)

This is the second post that walks through my process of writing a book as I am writing it. It's a guide to what I'm thinking while a go through chapter creation, and how I work. Drawing From Other Sources There are parts of writing that have been influenced by things I've seen in other areas of my life. It could have been something that I read in a book or seen in a movie. It might have also been something I personally experienced in life at one point or another. The idea of time duality is part of the latter group. In chapter two, the idea started out with remembering the opening scene of "Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron." Specifically it was the sweeping camera and title score (0:00-3:15) that got this chapter started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzTQQSKfMV0 That was a long time ago for me, and I was an adult, but…

Azaya Second Book Started – How I Write A Novel (As I write it).

July 15, 2026 I picked up the pen again and started in on Azaya's second book. Right now, the working title is "Azaya and the Central Expanse." Rather than talk about the book directly, I'd like to share with you some of the actual process I'm going through in writing a book as I'm writing it. A Note About Confidence in Writing This isn't really about the process of writing as much as it is knowing you can do it. If you read the about page, it took me three books and over 60 chapters of writing to gain the confidence that I could actually tell a story, and write it down in a way people actually want to read. This didn't come easy. When I started the journey on October 21, 2025, I had never written a chapter, much less an entire book in my life. I turned to…

Update 1: Azaya and The Streets of Skelderheim

Azaya and the Streets of Skelderheim is done, and it was surprisingly easy to write. Once I got started, the story seemed to create itself, and one chapter just flowed into the next.- View the Streets of Skelderheim siteAzaya has a long arc that begins at the end of Charles Mandrake and the Keeper of the Flame (Book 2). From Harrik's ship as it pulls away, Anna watches the fighting on the docks and sees a young girl dart out from the crowd into an open space. Although the girl is unnamed, Book 3, Return to Skelderheim, starts from that moment on the docks, and continues Azaya's arc as a supporting character that becomes a protagonist in her own way.Now in what is book four of the Skelderheim series, but broken off as "Azaya's Skelderheim, Book 1: Azaya and the Streets of Skelderheim", Azaya takes the lead protagonist role. Those…