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Hello all, long time away I know, but big news on the horizon.
With two books under my belt (Gunner the Beagle) I turn to my on again, off again fantasy series. For background, I started writing it in 2007, and looking back? My writing from that time frame is horrible to say the least. Since then I've grown a bit in terms of ability, but realize I still have a long way to go.
With all that said, I've begun again.
After wondering what I really wanted my fantasy series to be, I've spent the last six months researching and preparing while I finish up my stories about Gunner.
The working title for the first book "The Dragon's Brood" is targeted at around 400-600 pages and is going to be in the vein of the Jack Wythe Arthurian Saga in terms of number and length of books. I'm still pondering a overall title to the series, but nothing is definitive yet. If all goes well this could be as many as ten books to round out the whole story.
For inspiration I'm drawing from Jack's excellent series as well as a number of other sources from books, to movies to songs. Case in point I'm rereading Beowulf (see here) as you don't get much more to the heart of the time frame than that.
Some high level points:
- A fantasy world of my own devising.
- While dragons are in the title of the first book, its not about dragons as the main focus.
- Technology roughly corresponds to the "Dark Ages" of Earth's history, specifically Anglo-Saxon England, the Viking Age to the Norman period.
- A point somewhere between, low and high fantasy.
With all this said and looking at the outline, Let it Beagle Media will be publishing the first book in the last quarter of 2025. To start especially this blog will be the vehicle for announcements.
I feel the timeline is doable given my writing output when I'm engaged and focused. There some unique features I'm doing with my advance readers but more on that a latter point.
I look forward to everyone coming along for the ride.
(As a side note, the shield above is me noodling around with ChatGPT. This book will not be AI created nor the art. For art I have an excellent book designer who is already working on concepts.)
