Ask the Author: K.J. Nessly
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K.J. Nessly
Unfortunately as I'm currently still in the process of writing book two I don't have a set release date. I'm aiming for a late spring/summer of next year release but depending on the editing process and when Ms Sousa is available to complete my cover art it could be pushed back to fall. I do promise it will be worth the wait :)
K.J. Nessly
Just write. Write and read. It sounds silly, and even a bit redundant but continuing to write as often as possible helps tremendously. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so when I first started writing I didn't get very far very fast because I was never happy with my first few sentences and kept "redoing" it over and over. Your first few sentences and paragraphs when you start writing are probably going to be horrible, just ignore it and keep going. You can always edit later! Once you get into a rhythm, conversations and descriptions flow more easily.
Second, read. Read, read, read. It inspires new ideas, refines old ones, and helps you keep your grammar and punctuation accurate. I decided not to reinvent physics for my book, which meant that I had better understand how nature, politics, and relationships worked if I wanted anything to be believable.
Second, read. Read, read, read. It inspires new ideas, refines old ones, and helps you keep your grammar and punctuation accurate. I decided not to reinvent physics for my book, which meant that I had better understand how nature, politics, and relationships worked if I wanted anything to be believable.
K.J. Nessly
I am currently working on my second "Guardians of Rima" novel "The Return of the Nauro". Expect a lot more magic and adventures as the Dragons face legends and myths.
K.J. Nessly
The best thing about being a writer is being able to view the world in a completely different way. I write fantasy, so I take the basics of the world as I know it (i.e physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, etc.) and use them as a basis for other things. If you read carefully, all of the magic in my book has a scientific basis behind it (or close to it). But while I try to avoid reinventing physics, I can also play around with the world I'm creating. It has two moons, thirteen months, a 26 radian (or hour) day, and magic. For me, being a writer allows me to experience events and circumstances that, living in this world and this life, I never can. Maybe I'm not an optimist, but writing a scene through a character's eyes that is forces me to view the situation, not as I would, but as someone else might.
Secondly, and maybe most importantly, as a fiction writer, it means I'm not bound by earthly events and forces of nature. If I want to write a fantasy involving magic I can. If I want to invent new worlds and time travel, I can do that too.
Secondly, and maybe most importantly, as a fiction writer, it means I'm not bound by earthly events and forces of nature. If I want to write a fantasy involving magic I can. If I want to invent new worlds and time travel, I can do that too.
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