Jun 5, 2017

The start of a new week. So many new followers for "Enter The Phoenix" I wanted to thank you all for keeping up with my journey and helping where you can with the Nerdist contest for Sci-Fi.

I wanted to give you all an update about the story. Almost 10 years ago I wrote the rough outline on a bus after doing something really stupid. I won’t go into details but I committed a crime. It wasn’t anything serious and no one other than me was hurt (emotionally). I paid for that crime and in many ways still paying for it. I was sad and depressed so I started writing. Much like all my stories it started in an odd place and grew from there.

Originally "Enter The Phoenix" was suppose to take place entirely in space, then when it reached it’s original climax when it was a short story i went further. Then it took another turn involving magic and time travel. Before I knew it it was all over the place. After six months of reworking the story I realized they all worked with the my Villain Autolycus. After those few months I started to rework the story and had to give it a proper start.

What I have posted now is the fourth version of the novel. I do have two others that better clarify what happens. You may be wondering why I don’t post those. Well, they are not typed out so to speak. I work an a typewriter first then I rewrite on the computer. This happens a few times. Not always but still it’s my process.

My main problem is not story format or story telling process, it’s more minor structure and word usage. I like many people suffer from dyslexia I’v managed it before. While I know the difference from "Too" and "To" "There" and "Their" my brain doesn’t always write them down that way when needed. Same with structure as you can tell from my rant. I’ve had three people help me especially when it comes to my short stories. However they don’t feel they can handle a novel.

I hope some of you can look past this and see that I just need help from an editor. That is the real reason I’ve entered into the contest. I may never win, but at least it will get my story out into the world.

So as of now I have the prologue and the first two chapters. I am editing an audio recording for the third because that’s where things start to get interesting. If I do not compete it by Friday I will post the written format that day instead.

Thank you all again for your support in my journey.

Joshua L. Covarrubio