How Do I Pick Up Where I Left Off Years Ago?

It’ll be an interesting challenge for me to pick up where I left off certain writing projects.

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I began writing my Source Chronicles fantasy series in 1998.

It began with a scene out of classic epic fantasy: A lone sorcerer in flowing robes, staff raised, throwing his power around. It wasn’t long before there were more scenes, more characters, and a story that itself would evolve numerous times.

In the early 2000s, I hired my first editor. She didn’t just edit — she taught me more about the craft and how to be a better writer in more ways than I think any class might have done. It’s because of what she taught me that I have become a skilled editor myself.

Seeker was finished, was completed, and as I wrote book 3 — Harbinger — it became so lengthy that cutting it in half made sense. Thus, Guardians came into being and my planned 4-book series became 5.

At the time, I was still looking to go the traditional route for publishing. I was sending queries to various agents to attempt to land representation so that I might get published by a known publishing house.

And then, an opportunity presented itself. A published author friend of mine was assembling an anthology of pirates and magic…