Good morning, fellow carbon-based lifeforms. Welcome to another week. Today, I have a bonus page of LEGEND OF THE SWORD BEARER for you!
Here’s a tense scene from the inner chamber of the Elven council. There’s still quite a bit of disagreement over whether Bran should be sword bearer at all. Nimue and Elwyn, are of course, proponents of Bran. Bran is little less sure of himself at this point.
Bran can be a hard hero to write. I remember when I started the series, I was concerned about being “original” and “realistic”. Some early versions of Bran had him as self-centered and reluctant to embark on any quests, because I was told altruistic heroes weren’t “real” enough. Good thing I’ve ignored that advice. Turned out to be total rubbish. As it stands, he still kind of fits the “chosen one” trope. I’m still a bit insecure about that decision, but I figure the people who like that sort of thing will read it, and the people who don’t, won’t.
Anyway, I decided that I have enough feedback on THE FALL OF EMRYS to move forward with the next set of edits. It’s going to take a lot of work in the chapters between the beginning of the story and the climax, but it’ll be fun. I have some cool ideas for it.
Speaking of cool ideas, a friend on Twitter gave me a good one. Up to now, I’ve been doing these sort of “inside scoops” for my paid subscribers. Well, that’s all changing. Starting in June, I’ll be publishing short stories from the Sword Bearer mythos for my paid subscribers. That’s right; those little adventures that never made it into my novellas will be available for only $7/month! So smash that button below and upgrade to paid status and get the FULL story NOW! Don’t wait!
Well, that’s all for today. Need to get back to writing. Y’all have a great week, and don’t forget to share this with your friends!