Kin Chronicles had been inspired by many things. First off, I've been writing books and stories for a number of years, but I have yet to find a publisher who is willing to print them for a decent price. Now. All my books up until December of '07 had all been realistic fiction, western fiction, completely futuristic, or copyright infringing spoofs. It has also been the same for the 4 manga that I've written. In the past 7 years, a particular author had always caught my eye and had written the most captivating series I've ever read in my life. That series is called The Sword of Truth Series written by Terry Goodkind. I took all my knowledge of mythology of every kind as well as the concepts of a fantasy fiction/medieval fantasy and decided to come up with something new. After I met Vee, I thought to myself, "you know, many people are oblivious to furries or have very bad misconceptions of furries. Maybe I should write a book series as captivating as Terry Goodkind's and introduce the world to furries." That, of course, went off without a hitch, and went through a 9 month planning process. I did my best to match the style of Mr. Goodkind and weaved plot and sub-plot webs for the story. Having accomplished that had kept the dream going. Now, as you know, I had previously contacted DelRey Publishings through one of their already-existing authors. However, my lack of creativity of names led me to the place where we are today. The rest, you know. However, this has all been a great drive for me to keep at it. Originally, I had planned for a trilogy. However, after joining this forum, ideas and inspiration had begun to fill my mind and I had come to make it a 5 book series. I already know what each of the first four books will be about, though no details, minus the first two books, which are both in the writing or planning stages now. This is the first time I have created a series, as well as my first in writing a fantasy fiction. Now one of the greatest contributions to me even thinking of tackling this actually came from my frequent readers back in Illinois who have read my books since high school. And as an added drive for me, I decided to brush up on my "Ye olde english" as well as write it in British English instead of American English, though some characters will talk as if they were from there. It's because of readers like you and many others that continue to inspire me to keep writing this series, as well. Knowing how you all feel and knowing that people actually read it, brings great warmth to my heart.
