Category Archives: The Redemption of Erâth

Posts about Satis’ ongoing epic fantasy saga.

The Redemption of Erâth: Book Three, Chapter One

Chapter One: Return to Erârün

The return to Erârün was long, and quiet. Without the knowledge of the Hochträe’s tongue, Elven was largely left in silence, and in silence he preferred to stay.  He seemed not to have Brandyé’s gift for communication, and found himself mystified by the lyrical and thoroughly incomprehensible language the folk around him kept to themselves. Every so often one of them would attempt to speak to him in his own tongue, but by necessity his answers were always short and succinct, and they would eventually leave him be.

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A Lack of Progress (and a hope of Success)

According to my computer, I haven’t even looked at The Redemption of Erâth since April, and haven’t worked on editing the third book since January. It’s now September. I feel sad.

Still, not quite all of that was wasted time, as I spent a good few months in February and March working on my ‘other’ project, the one that will be published under my own name. Still, since then I really haven’t done much writing or work of any kind, and I want that to change.

The good news is that I’m basically done with my other project in terms of writing, although I’ll admit it needs a bit of editing. And while I’m looking into submitting to agents for that one, I’ll try to see if I can return my focus to The Redemption of Erâth.

I’m currently sitting on top of the finished manuscript for the third book, Ancients and Death. I’m really quite pleased with how it turned out, although again, it needs some substantial editing and cutting before I can start thinking about sending it off for professional editing. In the meantime, I’m thinking about posting some excerpts—or possibly even entire chapters—here on WordPress for you to enjoy. I’d love feedback, particularly in regards to plot and pacing, which I think still needs a bit of tinkering.

Soon, however, I really want to get stuck into writing the fourth book, tentatively titled The Fall of Thaeìn. This is where things are going to take a turn to the darker, and I haven’t yet decided the fate of the main characters yet. All I can promise you is that if you’ve been following Brandyé and Elven this far, it won’t be what you’re expecting.

So here’s to continued work on writing, and a hope that I can keep up with it for a while this time! Let me know what you think, and I’ll post the first chapter of Ancients and Death later tonight.

I’ll be taking a brief respite from editing … to work on more writing.

As you might be aware, I recently wrapped up writing the first draft of my third book, The Redemption of Erâth: Ancients & Death. I had made a start at re-reading and editing it, but there came a point a few chapters in where I realized I really wasn’t in a place to edit it yet—it’s too close to the writing phase, and I’m not sure I can do it the justice it deserves.

I have sent a few copies out to beta-readers, so I’m hoping over the next few weeks that I’ll be getting some workable feedback on the draft, and that’s when I’ll probably start diving in earnest into making the third book the best it possibly can be.

So what does that mean for the meantime? Am I going to relax, sit still, and twiddle my thumbs?

Well, yes … but not just that. Some of you may be aware that I have a side project, a contemporary fiction novel called (for the moment) A Gothic Symphony. I’ve been neglecting this work for far too long, and writing it provides a welcome respite from the world-building and language of my fantasy series. I’ve actually been working on A Gothic Symphony for over ten years, and I’m still only partway through a first draft. However, it’s going well at the moment, and I’m hoping to be able to make some significant progress throughout the next month or so. I don’t necessarily expect to finish it any time soon, but every word down is one closer to the goal.

So that’s where my work is taking me at the moment, and it should do well to keep me busy. I won’t be sharing any of it on here, as I wouldn’t publish it under ‘Satis’ (it’s not even remotely related to the fantasy that Satis is now associated with), but wish me luck, because it’s a deeply personal story that I absolutely will finish and publish one day.