Ask the Author: Ned C. Ward
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Ned C. Ward
Not well at times!
I often find that forcing it can make it worse, so sometimes I will merely stop writing and work on another hobby until the creative juices come back or recharge, but sometimes I will turn my attention to short stories, or create snippets of things that exist within the world of my story, and that will bring me back to having a desire to write again!
I often find that forcing it can make it worse, so sometimes I will merely stop writing and work on another hobby until the creative juices come back or recharge, but sometimes I will turn my attention to short stories, or create snippets of things that exist within the world of my story, and that will bring me back to having a desire to write again!
Ned C. Ward
I am so sorry, I did not see this until looking over my actual questions ha!
My inspirations for The Spectre and the Raven stem both from my personal life, and from the history of our world. I drew a lot of inspiration for the native people of Brineth from Native Americans, and the horrors of what happened to them when the British 'discovered' the Americas.
I also created Athias out of a place of darkness. I poured a lot of my own trauma, which I was battling at that time, into him, and it was important to me that he came from a people that were oppressed in the real world. I wanted to create a protagonist that was flawed, and broken, to an extent, but ultimately through events that were not fully within his control.
As for the magic and magic 'system' in the books, I drew a lot of inspiration and did a lot of research into the old Norse tales of magic and the arcane. Using Yggdrasil as a lot of inspiration for how magic connects all the worlds of life, death, and everything in between.
My inspirations for The Spectre and the Raven stem both from my personal life, and from the history of our world. I drew a lot of inspiration for the native people of Brineth from Native Americans, and the horrors of what happened to them when the British 'discovered' the Americas.
I also created Athias out of a place of darkness. I poured a lot of my own trauma, which I was battling at that time, into him, and it was important to me that he came from a people that were oppressed in the real world. I wanted to create a protagonist that was flawed, and broken, to an extent, but ultimately through events that were not fully within his control.
As for the magic and magic 'system' in the books, I drew a lot of inspiration and did a lot of research into the old Norse tales of magic and the arcane. Using Yggdrasil as a lot of inspiration for how magic connects all the worlds of life, death, and everything in between.
Ned C. Ward
I'm currently working on The Throne of Thorns, which is book one of a series titled The Empire of Flowers.
The Throne of Thorns picks up twelve years after a war which created the Empire of Flowers, and saw mankind vs coven in an epic conflict that saw magic almost completely eradicated from the world. The story focuses on five main PoV characters, and two secondary, as an ancient prophecy comes to light, that brings conspiracy, power, betrayal, and a new conflict into the fold.
Just as I did my first novel, I aim to fill the world with variety, diverse characters, and move away from stereotypes in fantasy!
The Throne of Thorns picks up twelve years after a war which created the Empire of Flowers, and saw mankind vs coven in an epic conflict that saw magic almost completely eradicated from the world. The story focuses on five main PoV characters, and two secondary, as an ancient prophecy comes to light, that brings conspiracy, power, betrayal, and a new conflict into the fold.
Just as I did my first novel, I aim to fill the world with variety, diverse characters, and move away from stereotypes in fantasy!
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