TFoK Facebook Page

     To be honest, the only reason this blog ever existed was so that I'd have something to put down when the publishing website asked me for a website. I've since made a Facebook page, which I think will do a better job, and be easier for me, in the long run.

https://www.facebook.com/TheFollyofKings

     Now you can go over there and wait endlessly for an update instead of waiting endlessly for an update here...

Wow, it's been a long time...

...but the book is almost finished. The only thing left to do is finish the cover, draw a few illustrations, and do one last grammar revision after one of my friends has proofread it for me.

A small part of the world I've created...

     Not long now. My goal to have it out before the New Year's might be within my grasp...

     Here's some pages I'm going to put in the back of the book to "flesh out" the world a little more. The finished product will have explanations and writing, but I won't put those up. First off, let's see if anyone can figure this out:

Moving Forward...

     Chapters 9 and 10 are revised. As always, the English language is continuing to be a pain in the butt, and I'm having to go back and revise earlier chapters. For instance: the capitalization of the word 'king'. Here are some examples...

The King of France...
The French king...
A queen of England is more of a figurehead these days...
The Queen attended the Olympics...
The King paced back and forth in front of his throne...
He was heading back to the capitol to give a report to the king...

Even now, I'm not so sure I've used them right. When used in place of a name, the word is capitalized... but not always. It's rather frustrating, but I've got a system now and I'm going to use it. Being a Grammar Nazi is a real pain sometimes...

Progress...

     Chapters 6, 7, and 8 have been revised. The worst part about revisions, though, is that as I continue to fine tune the story and book structure, I have to go back and make small revisions to earlier chapters. Even when I'm done, I'm not done... I'm starting to feel like George Lucas...

Back to the Grind...

     A few weeks ago, a friend asked me to edit his book. I had to put the revision of mine on hold in order to do this. I've just finished the editing, so now I can turn my full attention back to The Folly of Kings. Stay tuned for more updates.

     Also, a slight change to the book cover art:

Revision's: Part One...

Chapter's one through five have been revised. It's been pretty rough the past few days trying to figure out grammar rules and such, but I think I've figured them out well enough to continue revising. Here's a layout of what my "stages" are:

Stage I: Rough draft. Write the thing down. I kind of skipped the brainstorming stage, but I'll most likely do that first for any other books I write. This stage is finished.

Stage II: Preliminary revisions. Making sure the grammar and writing style matches up throughout the book. Because it took so long to write, my writing style changed over the course of the rough draft. This has been difficult to fix, but I'm slowly getting there.

Stage III: Peer editing. Getting a select group of friends to read the book and look for errors, both in the story and in the grammar and layout. They might pick up something that I forgot to mention.

Stage IV: Final revisions and formatting. Going over my friends edits and making sure the format of the book will look good for Stage V, which is...

Stage V: Publishing. I'll be self publishing, using Createspace.com to publish and print the books. I might even go back and figure out a Kindle Edition if the demand is high enough. Although, to be honest, I don't think this will ever really take off. I hope it will, but there are so many fantasy books out there now that it will probably get lost in the sea of unread books. As long as people enjoy the story, I could care less whether it actually takes off... Although, if it turns out to be my lucky break, I won't complain.

Right now, I'm in Stage II, and chugging right along...

Possible Copyright Infringement...

Because I don't wan't to have my pants sued off by Bethesda, I went ahead and changed the cover art a bit. It still looks similar, but it's not the Stormcloak "bear head". I won't say that it wasn't inspired by the Stormcloak symbol though... Please don't sue me Bethesda, I don't have any money.

(Possible Finished Product)