The Starlight Symphony: Book 1

Daniel Cromar | Literature

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Overview

This project aims to gather funding to self-publish what will be my debut fantasy novel. The novel remains currently as a complete manuscript that is ready to be passed through a professional edit and then enter the self-publishing process.

Due to size and potential expenses, the novel will likely be divided into two separate volumes, but will still be one contained story, simply serialized one after the other.

This has the potential to be the first book I ever publish and my very first step into becoming a professionally published author!

With even a little help from you the contributors, that will quickly become a possibility, as self-publishing is no cheap task!

Many thanks.

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Can't wait to read the final version
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Good luck!
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Don't forget us when you're rich and famous ;)
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Looks great pal!

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How it Started (and how it's going)

Sometime during the year of 2018, I was working at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida. I was working in the food and beverage restaurant at the gorgeous Art of Animation Resort. It has been a highlight of my life and a story to be shared another day. In short, it was an easy place to be inspired. The bus trips to and from work were frequent and long, plenty of time to daydream.

And when you have enough time to daydream, at least one of those daydreams may become an idea. In a tiny black notebook small enough to fit in my pocket, I jotted down the faintest idea of a world, and not only that, a story within that world.

So then came forth three main characters, then four, and finally “The Eight” as I like to call them. But for now, in my novel, you’ll be warmly acquainted with Marcus, his step-sister Theresa, and Ronin, a mercenary on the run.

When I returned to NZ after the trip of lifetime in the States, I sat down (with virtually no writing experience or credentials) and scribbled down the first draft of “The Kindling”. The first instalment of “The Starlight Symphony” saga, it was about as bad as first drafts can be. Believe me, you will never see that first draft (I’m confident I have it tucked away in some folder never to see the light of day!)

Today, after a lot of edits and a lot of life in between, the final manuscript is polished and ready for publication!

Fortunately, you’ve now arrived at the final stage to bring it to life!

Thanks for reading!

Daniel C.

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