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Sword and sorcery
Eagle of the Kingdom is the third and
final book in the New Kingdom trilogy from WN subscriber
Joanne Hall.
The three books have all been released through American
indie publishers Epress (www.epressonline.com). Each is
set in the fictional Hierath where the New Kingdom has formed
a fragile alliance with Telesia after centuries of war.
But will this peace endure and how does it concern a love-stricken
fisherman’s daughter?
The first book, simply Hierath, was both a finalist in the
2007 EPPIE Awards and a nominee for the 2007 Pluto Awards.
A lot of information relating to the series can be found
on her website and Joanne enjoys answering e-mails relating
to her work.
Having recently quit two jobs to become a full-time writer,
the books have been on her mind for many years now.
‘I decided I was going to be a writer when I was six,
having gone through astronaut, train driver, and Luke Skywalker’s
girlfriend. I wrote the first draft of Hierath for an English
project when I was fourteen and had been thinking about
it for at least two years. I’ve been writing about
knights and castles and feisty damsels since I was nine—the
age I stopped writing about dogs.’ Outside of her
work on the trilogy Joanne has had several short stories
published online, many of which revolve around another series
called Real Barbarian Heroes.
These comedic shorts star the egotistical and dimwitted
Hoff and poke fun at the sword and sorcery genre. She is
also an editor for Dark Ocean Productions, a US publisher
of comics who might work with her on the series in the future.
‘The advice I can provide for other writers is a combination
of advice given to me and knowledge gained from experience;
learn the basics – grammar, spelling, punctuation.
Invest in a good grammar guide (I use The Nuts and Bolts
of Writing, by Michael Legat.)
‘These are the bricks you build your writing with.
If you build a house with shoddy bricks, it’ll fall
down.
‘Write every day, even if it’s only for ten
minutes and you cross it all out tomorrow. If your writing
is important to you, you can carve out the time to do it
in no matter how busy you are. And you’ll be amazed
how quickly those words build up!’
Joanne is now building up the words for a standalone prequel
to the Hierath series.
Website: www.hierath.co.uk |
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