Ask the Author: Kenneth L. Powell
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Kenneth L. Powell
To be honest it came from two letters. I had one of those moments when I was sitting around and thinking about things. It popped into my head that my initials were K and L. After playing around with it in my mind I came up with some stupid acronym, Kenneth Artificial Intelligence Lee. Eventually that turned into Kail. Then I found out Kail was an actual name that meant mighty warrior, then found out it meant bold here. Things kind of snow balled and King Kail was born. That fell apart and twenty years later Kail is now the abused and neglected prince of his people. A few don't believe he actually exists. A few don't believe he is what he is. Either way that story, his story, is finally coming together and it should be a decent ride.
Kenneth L. Powell
Book two. The first book is really there to tell you who all of these people are. The second book, currently titled Dragonkind Dawn of Heresy, is telling you why they matter and who they are becoming. Essentially the series is a coming of age story with heavy responsibility involved.
Kenneth L. Powell
Never give up. I spent 20 years maturing and narrowing the story down to what it is now. It was going to be so different originally, the main character was going to be named Kail Claskan instead of just Kail with Claskan as the second lead. Also the catalyst for everything was going to be the death of the woman he loved, I was so arrogant back then, but now I found a way to truly make the story and the people without relying so heavily on the main characters love interest and instead his experiences.
Kenneth L. Powell
Just keep writing. I know it sounds stupid, but that's exactly what I did. Any time I had a block I just wrote whatever came out that was as relevant as possible. I'm happy that I was able to get through, but it took five edits to get to where it is now. If you just keep writing and then change it to what you want, the entire story is written, no more writers block. The only thing you need to worry about is fixing those pesky blocked areas and you'll be golden. After the entire story exists, then add the details, then focus on the flow.
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