Ask the Author: Keanan Brand
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Keanan Brand
First, thank you for reading the book!
Second, I'm pleased that you enjoyed it.
Third, I wanted the book completed and published this year. However, due to life circumstances, my writing has been quite slow. DRAGON'S BANE is about one-third complete, and there are copious notes regarding unwritten scenes.
The ending scene was written about fifteen years ago -- believe it or not! -- but it may change. I'm exploring a couple of potential plot twists that never occurred to me during the writing of the first book, but which may deepen the story even further.
Second, I'm pleased that you enjoyed it.
Third, I wanted the book completed and published this year. However, due to life circumstances, my writing has been quite slow. DRAGON'S BANE is about one-third complete, and there are copious notes regarding unwritten scenes.
The ending scene was written about fifteen years ago -- believe it or not! -- but it may change. I'm exploring a couple of potential plot twists that never occurred to me during the writing of the first book, but which may deepen the story even further.
Keanan Brand
Becky, thank you for the kind review! We writers pour pieces -- minutes, hours, years -- of our lives into our work, so when readers receive it well, we are encouraged to continue.
As for when Dragon's Bane will be available, I had hoped it would be completed and published by January 2016, but life matters took me away from it for a long while. (I won't bore you with the details.) However, I hope to have it ready soon.
Today's revisions included (SPOILER ALERT) a reunion scene between two characters who each thought the other was dead. :)
As for when Dragon's Bane will be available, I had hoped it would be completed and published by January 2016, but life matters took me away from it for a long while. (I won't bore you with the details.) However, I hope to have it ready soon.
Today's revisions included (SPOILER ALERT) a reunion scene between two characters who each thought the other was dead. :)
Keanan Brand
Inspiration comes from everywhere -- from an off-hand remark to a bit of historical trivia, from my own truck accident to a friend's anecdote about his Uncle Murgatroyd's failed fishing trip.
Sparks beget sparks, and seemingly unrelated notions can come together in serendipitous ways.
Although I still tend to write ideas on whatever scrap of paper is handy, I've become more organized about transcribing those ideas into notebooks so that inspiration remains even if my memory falters.
Sparks beget sparks, and seemingly unrelated notions can come together in serendipitous ways.
Although I still tend to write ideas on whatever scrap of paper is handy, I've become more organized about transcribing those ideas into notebooks so that inspiration remains even if my memory falters.
Keanan Brand
I'm writing Dragon's Bane, the second half of The Lost Sword duology, and hope to have it ready for publication in January 2016. There are also a few short stories / novellas I'd like to finish or revise, as well, and make available for e-readers.
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