Hello there, the five of you who read my blog posts. It's been a while since I've been around, but we finally got our project finished and, for a minute, I'm able to redirect my attention toward writing books and such. With the direction everything's gone in, I completely lost focus on what I was working on before. Bearing that in mind, I started work on a book that is both new and very old. It's new because I'm writing it now. It's old because it's the first story I'd ever created.
A while back, I finished the first draft of "Atreleise", the first book of Terra that I completely finished. It has my favorite characters, settings, and, in my opinion, most memorable story, but you only get to see half of it. Near the end of the book, the main character, Atreleise, reunites with his initial companion, Eryn (the Arbiter), who has acquired quite a number of his own companions. I never explain where these people come from or what their stories are, but it's implied that they experienced an adventure all their own.
That is the premise of "The Arbiter". It follows Eryn from the time he enters Terra all the way to the end of the story seen in Atreleise. When I initially wrote it, the story was all over the place and it was written in a third-person omniscient voice that went along as the tale did. In this new version, we have Eryn as the narrator, talking about the experience as if he's watching the movie of his life. He relates exactly what he sees and hears while also trying to share what he must have been thinking and feeling, as he can't clearly remember such things.
I took the cue from Hemingway, whom I rekindled a flame for after rereading "The Sun Also Rises", and while I don't copy his style, I certainly take some things from it. Eryn admits that he's not an author and isn't trying to be one. He relates his story concisely, with no real verbosity and little in the way of purple prose. He's himself in the future looking back on his past actions, so he often regards himself with disdain as we go along with him, ashamed of some of the ways he felt and acted.
I've never done anything like this before, so I'm hoping the dream comes to fruition. I'll be posting little tidbits about the characters, story, and setting here and there, so keep an eye out.
Until then, thanks for reading, and here's to the future!
