My latest WIP, Book 2 of the Gateskin Chronicles Series is coming along. I have been fortunate to be able to work more lately on this continuing fantasy. It is quite an epic production with the myriad characters, lands, spells, creatures and adventures. I have had to make an ongoing list and update it constantly because more characters keep surfacing. Yikes!

The story keeps flowing out of me and I can’t seem to stop the flood. The characters are alive and taking over the story. Just when I think that it’s going to end they pick up the story once again with another situation. They seem determined to keep this story going ad infinitum.

I planned this book to be longer than Book 1 but so far it isn’t even close yet. It feels like I have been typing forever and the words aren’t adding up as fast as I would like. It is well over 400 pages and 58K words at this time but Book 1 was over 500 pages (though narrower margins) and over 70K words. The way the characters keep plugging away they are determined to extend it, I’m sure. I know it is not mandatory to get to the 80K word count but I am aiming for it.

As I mentioned in a previous post I have been busy with other projects, crochet and sewing that keep my idle fingers busy. I find if I keep busy with other things in between writing that I feel energized to write more after completing each project. I never get stagnant and the ideas keep flowing.

If you haven’t read Book 1 yet maybe now is the time to check it out before Book 2 comes to fruition. I plan to get back to two other ideas for books, one of which I already began in a completely different genre. I woke up one night recently with two new stories circling around in my head. I will have to jot down some notes about them soon or they may be lost forever. That is the funny thing about my dreams they come and go quickly. Some I lose while others keep recurring and sticking in my brain. I guess those are the ones that want to be told.

I need to jump around genres every so often so I won’t get stale in one genre too long. This fantasy series will have four more books, that is if I can continue with it, not sure about that yet. I am hoping that the interest in it will be so great that readers will be begging for more. Finger crossed.

I would love to hear if you have read, The Legend of the Taken Ones (Gateskin Chronicles Book 1) and what you think of it. Reviews so far has been very good. Hope to see more reviews soon!

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Blurb:

This is Book 1 of a fantasy series that will have six books in all. In this book learn about the three children of King Gateskin and his wife, Queen Solinara. The children have had powers since they were quite young..

Serena was three years old when she learned of her power to move objects with her mind. Her brother, Simon, can fly and their sister, Catalina, can become invisible or blend into her surroundings. They live with their parents in Sovorotskina, the Land of Light.

With these powers comes responsibility. The children must try to use their powers for the common good and responsibly to help others. The three children befriend a Sprite named Spindle who accompanies them on their adventure. Along the way they meet up with their aunt and uncle, their mother’s brother and his wife, Wizard Hotenfaran and Fairy Procelina. The group must travel into the evil land of Parotovina, Land of Darkness, to save King Gateskin, who was kidnapped, and also rescue some of the descendants of their friends and fellow Sovorotskinans who were captured and taken by the Evil Ones. These descendants have been waiting a long time to be free to return to the villages of their ancestors.

The children have many trials and adventures along the way. Will they be able to rescue their father and fellow Sovorotskinans without endangering their own lives? Will the evil King Kaposkaran and his Queen Beregina stop Serena and her siblings from being successful or will they turn Serena and her siblings to their dark ways?

Here are some reviews from Amazon.

If you need a book to take you away from all the troubles in the world, The Legend of the Taken Ones (Gateskin Chronicles Book 1), is the book for you! LET THE ADVENTURES BEGIN! This epic fantasy will grip you from the beginning until the satisfying end. Fascinating characters and action-packed story line will keep you flipping pages as your heart races with danger at every turn.

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