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Thank You for the Support

Okay, so I’ve been running this blog since October 2011, mainly as a way of tracking my progress on the back history for The Redemption of Erâth, way back when it was part of the 2011 NaNoWriMo. When that endeavor finished, I more or less let things drop until after the new year.

I started picking this up a little bit after that, and began to use this blog as a voicing forum for my oddness and inner thoughts. To my great surprise, it appeared that there were at least a few fellows out there who felt I had something worth saying. I’m touched. No – really.

Sometime in the middle of last night, I received my 50th follower. This coincides with my 1,000th view about a week ago, and I wanted to acknowledge everyone who has supported my writing, either by reading it, liking it or (unthinkable!) following it. So this is basically a big, sloppy thank you to every single one of you who has made a connection with me over the past few months.

I know it’s still small – I see the blogs out there that boast hundreds of hits a day, and whose followers exceed three digits, but if I’m honest, I don’t mind my small little following, because I feel close and attached to every single one of you. Those who have made a particular impact on me can be discovered at the bottom of the page (you know who you are!); and for everyone else, I can’t wait to learn more about your own writing and thoughts.

Thank you most sincerely and whole-heartedly,

Satis – 2012

Where I Am with the Redemption of Erâth

So.

I feel I’ve reached a small milestone with The Redemption of Erâth, and thought I’d share a few stats to let you know where things stand. The tale itself, of course, is planned at the moment to span over seven books, and so by that measure I really haven’t even begun yet. But, by my drafts and outlines, I have just touched the halfway mark for Book One, and I’m sort of kind of proud of that, not least because I’ve never committed to anything and seen it through this far before.

Ever.

So, what did it take to get here? Let’s start by ignoring the 50,000-word history of the world of Erâth that I raced through during NaNoWriMo last year. That provided a huge impetus into getting this story out of my head and onto (digital) paper, and allowed me to flesh out the world in which my characters live, and how this world got to where it is now, in the time of my tale. I learned so much about the world of Erâth throughout this process, I feel I have lived there. I was astonished to discover the world was flat, and that ephemeral beings called the Duithèn were responsible for the downfall of the world and its casting into Darkness. I learned of the fall of Goroth, and the role Dragons played in his defeat. I even learned that the king Daevàr of Erârün deceived the king of Kiriün into joining him in battle against the forces of Darkness.

Still, all of that is a prelude to the tale I have to tell of Brandyé Dui-Erâth and his exile from the lands of Consolation. This is the story I have committed to, and this is what my commitment has taken me to so far:

• Chapters: 12/25

• Words: 52,416/100,000

• Pages: 166/300 (I’m not sure why this matters in an eBook)

• Weeks: 10/25 (at one chapter each week)

• Cups of coffee: 150/400

• Brain farts: 23/4

• View on WordPress: 450/1,000,000 (!)

• Korn songs listened to: 1/1

• Sonata Arctica songs listened to: 43/43

• Number of times I’ve annoyed my wife: 103/0

So that’s where I am! I’m feeling pretty good with myself. I hammered out three chapters this week and last, because I will be away for the next ten days and wanted to still share the ongoing tale without pause. These will auto-post each Saturday evening (this seems a popular time – let me know when you read your blogs!).

Hopefully you’ve enjoyed the tale so far, and I can’t wait to find out what happens next. All I can say is, it only gets better from here!

 

Satis

The Future of Erâth

I was talking to a friend the other day, and we started talking about blogging, and what sort of things we each blogged about. As I told him about Satis, he asked why I didn’t have my story, The Redemption of Erâth, on its own blog, to define it as a separate and specific topic, leaving this one – Satis – for other fiction and fantasy related posts.

I have to say, he got me thinking. I’m going to test this out, and see what happens: all ‘long reads’ regarding the development of this story (i.e. chapters) will be posted at redemptionoferath.wordpress.com, and I will continue to use Satis as a way of sharing my other thoughts, as I have been doing for some time.

For the moment, I will post a synopsis of each chapter here, at the same time as it is published over there. I’d be interested to see what you think of this, particularly since the progress on The Redemption of Erâth has kickstarted me into thinking about my long-forgotten storychild, A Gothic Symphony, and I will soon be creating a WordPress site for this as well.

So for all of you who are currently following me here, I invite you to check out redemptionoferath.wordpress.com, and if you’re interested in specifically keeping up to date with my story, please follow me there as well!

Yours,

Chris (Satis)