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I am so over the moon with how well the new short story, Raven and the Sea Dragon is doing, it is getting plenty of views and likes, which is making me very happy and confident to find a publisher for the novel which is a completely different story but involves the same characters.
The short story I am currently posting on Penana and wattpad is to mainly find out how people take to something that is heavily influenced by my youth of playing far too much Dungeon and Dragons, Baldur's gate and reading lots of Forgotten Realms novels. It is something I have been wanting to do long before I chose to become a writer, but lacked the confidence to give it a go. Until now with D&D being popular and myself getting back into it, I thought this is the perfect time to introduce my fans and fellow fantasy readers to the world of Fin. A place where elves are nearly existent, and as a result the dwarfs and a species known as the Vern are primarily in charge of the towns. Where magic was once out-ruled and is only used these days by the Dark Elves, Snow Elves and the Vern who can all perform what is classed as Combined Magic which is considered by a lot of outsiders as highly dangerous. The main character Raven puts this down to peoples lack of knowledge of magic and an irrational fear of change.
I have been enjoying bringing this odd world to life and I am considering making the short story around five chapters long as it gives me chance to put what didn’t make it in to novel, otherwise it would have been far too big, into the short. I also hope it continues to gain in popularity.
I should also mention the cover was done by Kareem A on fiverr, I really like it as it is in my view a homage to some of the book covers of Drizzt, which are not exactly right and I know my fellow fans of that series will know what I mean. I do though have another one in the making but it is going to be a while before it is up.
