So back in January I got a publishing deal with an awesome indie publishing company known as Burning Willow Press for Nocturne of the Sea, my Young Adult Fantasy novel. In order to get the word out about my novel coming out in October of 2018 as well as to keep track of this project and keep everyone updated about what's going on in my little literary world, I decided to create a blog where I can post regular updates without blowing up my other social medias.
Nocturne of the Sea started with a little idea I had over the summer almost two years ago for my high school senior project, where I take the characters and a few other little details from a novel I wrote when I was thirteen and completely convert it into high fantasy, a genre at the time I had never written before. This way I could hold on to the parts of the story I loved while changing it to something original where I had more room to expand the story and focus on world-building. By the end of February of my senior year of high school, I had finished the first draft of my manuscript at around 75,000 words. Now, about a year later, my book has been edited and tweaked to the point where it was good enough for a publishing deal. I am about to embark on the next leg of Nocturne of the Sea's journey where I prepare it for publication. As I have never published anything in my life, this is a new experience for me and I want to keep track of what I learn as best I can.
A little synopses of Nocturne of the Sea:
Freya
Solstice, a twenty-year-old Sun Sprite with a knack for asking too many
questions, has grown up in a sea-side village where her culture dictated that
she never leave her people. She had always imagined travelling the world and
witnessing all the miracles she heard tales about, from the crystal mountains
to the port cities. She never planned to leave her loved ones behind to satisfy
her curiosity, however. When strangers Alyeth Brookshade and Verrana Sky appear
in her village offering to take her away on an adventure, Freya chose family
and familiarity. When strange and unnatural beasts attack her home and a power
she didn’t know she had was revealed, she had no choice but to leave everything
she knew behind her and shove ahead into the unknown. At the call of an ancient
seer, Freya must follow the map left to her so she can seek her own destiny and
discover the truth about her own abilities. Freya is unaware that the legendary
Baroness, a woman of great power and a known criminal, is only a few steps
behind her and will stop at nothing to ensure that the future of Freya’s making
will never come to pass.
I've never kept a blog before, but I'm hoping this will help me with my writing and be something I can look back on at the end of this process with pride. I hope to keep it going through writing the sequel, Ballade of the North, as well as any other projects I may decide to publish in the future.
Thanks for reading.
Until next time,
Cameron Davis
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