Bryan Davis's Blog, page 2
August 24, 2022
Top Ten Most Difficult Books to Write – #3
Top ten most difficult books for me to write:#3 – The Scent of Her SoulThe scourge of human trafficking has long been something I hate with a passion. I can’t imagine how a human being can treat another human being with such contempt, especially when the victims are children.Researching the topic was like wading through sewage, and writing about it made me boil with fury and weep with grief, sometimes simultaneously.Because of the content, I changed my name on the cover. I didn’...
August 23, 2022
Top Ten Most Difficult Books to Write – #4
Top ten most difficult books for me to write: #4 – Enoch’s Ghost (#2 in Oracles of Fire) This book set up a whole new direction for the story world. The creation of Second Eden, the history of Makaidos (Timothy), the transformation of the spirit of the original Arramos, and many other aspects combined to make this story foundational. These elements, however, had very little to do with the current cast of characters, and I had to somehow bring them in without feeling like I was sh...
August 22, 2022
Top Ten Most Difficult Books to Write – #5
Top ten most difficult books for me to write:
#5 – Third Starlighter (Book #2 in Tales of Starlight)
I could list the Tales of Starlight series instead of a single book because all three had the same main reason for difficulty, though this one was the hardest of the three.
This series follows the adventures of Adrian Masters as he tries to free the human slaves on the planet of Starlight, a dragon-controlled world, while also trying to find his long-lost brother, Frederick.
Its companion series,...
August 21, 2022
Top Ten Most Difficult Books to Write – #6
Top ten most difficult books for me to write:#6 – Let the Ghosts SpeakThe idea for this story came from a dream I had about 15 years ago. I dreamed much of what is now the first chapter, a startling, scary dream that shook me awake with a cold sweat.I thought about making the dream into a novel, but I decided I wasn’t ready to tackle it. I was too inexperienced as a writer, especially since this would have to be a historical fiction story, and I had never written one. Over the ye...
August 20, 2022
Top Ten Most Difficult Books to Write – #7
Top ten most difficult books for me to write:#7 – The Bones of Makaidos (Book #4 in Oracles of Fire)Affectionately known as
Bones
, this book, at 670 pages, is my longest to date. But that’s not the only reason it’s on the most-difficult list.At the time, I thought it would be the end of the Billy-and-Bonnie story, so I had to bring everything and everyone together for a conclusion, and I wanted to make it a spectacular finish.I think I accomplished that, especially with the final scene b...
August 19, 2022
Top Ten Most Difficult Books to Write – #8
Top ten most difficult books for me to write:#8 – Raising Dragons (Book #1 in Dragons in our Midst)This story began almost 30 years ago as a dream about a boy who could breathe fire, a short, simple dream that had no explanation. I told my oldest son about it (he was 13 years old at the time), and we brainstormed how a boy could breathe fire and came up with the basic premise. Since I wasn’t a full-time author then, it took me a year to write the first draft, which was drastically diffe...
August 18, 2022
Top Ten Most Difficult Books to Write – #9
Top ten most difficult books for me to write:#9 – Reaper Reborn (Book #3 in the Reapers Trilogy)It’s always difficult to finish a series, and
Reaper Reborn
was no exception. This one had an added factor of difficulty. I wanted to end the story with enough darkness to make it realistic in a dystopian setting while also including enough hope to be satisfying.Many dystopian stores start and end with bleak darkness. I wanted mine to start with darkness and end with a blaze of light, though the ...
August 17, 2022
Top Ten Most Difficult Books to Write – #10
Top ten most difficult books for me to write:#10 – Time Echoes (Book #1 in the Time Echoes Trilogy)This book was originally called
Beyond the Reflection’s Edge
, book #1 in the Echoes from the Edge trilogy. I created the story based on a simple idea my second born son, Josiah, gave me–a trunk in a boy’s bedroom is closed, but it’s open in his mirror.Why would this be true? Another world on the other side of the mirror? Yes, though readers know that it grew far more complex than that. It took...
Top Ten Most Difficult Books to Write
Top ten most difficult books for me to write:#10 – Time Echoes (Book #1 in the Time Echoes Trilogy)This book was originally called
Beyond the Reflection’s Edge
, book #1 in the Echoes from the Edge trilogy. I created the story based on a simple idea my second born son, Josiah, gave me–a trunk in a boy’s bedroom is closed, but it’s open in his mirror.Why would this be true? Another world on the other side of the mirror? Yes, though readers know that it grew far more complex than that. It took...
April 8, 2022
Twenty-year Anniversary Contest Announcement
On May 1, I will celebrate 20 years as a fulltime author. As part of the celebration, I will conduct a new contest, and I am announcing it now to give everyone time to prepare.
I posted the full set of rules and helpful resources at this link – http://www.daviscrossing.com/BryanDavis20contestfullrules.pdf
Please read these rules thoroughly.
Following is a quick description.
Help me get exposure for my books by posting on social media about three of my books:
Book #1 – One of the Oculu...
