It is always a good feeling to complete a book but at the same time sad to see it end. In series like this, Gateskin Chronicles, a fantasy/adventure, the story continues until the series ends. I plan to have six books at the completion, fingers crossed, as long as the characters have more tales to tell.

Now that I typed THE END I need to get busy with editing and polishing it up before I give it to my Beta Readers Extraordinaire. They work hard to read, review and send me their notes and suggestions. I value their assistance and the time it takes to do this.

Watch for book 3 coming in the next month or two. In the meantime, wet your appetite by grabbing books 1 & 2 and get into the adventures, fantasy, magic, and mayhem of Gateskin and his world. You will enjoy yourself, I assure you!

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?

The adventures continue in this addition of Gateskin Chronicles. Many new characters and creatures are introduced. Spells abound with magic all around. Many visitors come to Sovorotskina looking for asylum from the evil King Kaposkaran of Parotovina. Will King Gateskin accept them all or even be able to trust them not to be spies for the evil King?

Serena uses her powers to assist when wolves come their way. Other creatures are also about and threaten the safety of the village.

Kaposkaran finds himself in trouble when his village is attacked by creatures. Will he turn to Gateskin for help? If he does, what will Gateskin do?

There is a spy about in Sovorotskina. Will the spy be discovered and somehow stopped from undermining the magic of King Gateskin and his family?

There are many facets to creating a story no matter what genre you choose. The first thing I do is create a title and then I work a story around the title. I know that sounds like I am doing things backwards. But this is how I create each story – from a title. Once the title is in my head, the story weaves itself around the title and the story begans to flow. Without a title I am like a ship without a sale, a boat without an oar, a skateboard without its wheels, etc. I could go on forever. Ha!

Once the title is chosen and the story progresses, more characters pop up and want to be part of the mix. After conclusion of the book comes the editing phase which entails several read throughs, more work than the entire book, at least to me. After editing and polishing is complete, I contact my Jemsbooks Beta Readers to alert them that the book is finished and ready for their eager, eagle eyes. Once they send back their notes I began again to edit some more. Then comes the publishing phase and of course obtaining an LCCN, the copyrighting, claiming the ISBN on Bowker, and finally going to Amazon for the paperback and kindle completion. So many channels to travel through and then onto promoting and marketing the book! I can’t believe I have done this with 45 books so far. No wonder I am exhausted and not getting any younger! Sigh! I need an assistant but can’t afford one! (bigger SIGH)

With this series a title comes out of thin air once I begin the next book. Of course, there is enough information within the text to create one if one doesn’t come to me. I am already thinking about the next title of book 4 and now one for book 4 of Branyrd the Angel Series, which I will be working on next. I could hop right into book 5 of Gateskin Chronicles but Branyrd has been nagging me to pick up her story next. She cannot wait any longer. Her stories are much quicker to write anyway than this fantasy/adventures series with myriad characters, creatures and magic.

This has been a fun series to write to let my imagination go wild. I feel the same about the angel series, for it is a fantasy/spiritual/good-feeling read. If you haven’t read either series, I hope you will check them out soon. You don’t have to be a believer in angels, just a reader who likes to feel good after reading a book. I guarantee that you will good and maybe weep a little too while you cheer on the efforts of Branyrd. In Gateskin you will cheer on Spindle, the children and maybe even a creature or two as they meet each new challenge.

Isn’t that what books are for – to take us away from our troubles, worries and challenges in life? If we can escape all of that for a little time each day we will feel better about life in general. A few tears wipe away the stress that life can bestow on us. With my books you will feel relief from your worries with satisfying endings and surprises that will keep you coming back for more. Happy Reading and stay happy!

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