Creating The Rys Chronicles
Fantasy author Tracy Falbe describes her writing process
Writing The Rys Chronicles was a labor of love for me from 1997 to 2003. I enjoy the process of writing and consider it one of my primary forms of entertainment. Many people enjoy playing computer and role-playing games, but I like losing myself in the adventure of creating a plot, populating it with characters, and exploring various themes and feelings that are inspiring me.
My technique for writing is to write almost everyday. I usually adhere to quotas, albeit modest ones. The ability to write, I find, is very much like a muscle. One has to use it to keep it working well. When I've been sticking to my daily quotas, the writing gets easier, better, and more fun. Of course, like a muscle, rest is sometimes in order, and I would often allow myself one day off a week. However, I would usually get eager to write and at midnight on my day off, I would sneak in a few words.
Writing also includes a lot of re-writing and editing, which I spend as much time on as the initial composition. Re-writing and editing are fun as well because that is when the polish gets applied. I'm painfully sensitive about allowing anyone to read my early drafts. I won't show my husband, Scott, anything until I've put it through at least two re-writes.
Although I enjoy writing fiction, it is not always a breeze. Characters have to behave according to their natures and their motivations need to make sense. Loose ends in the story need to be tied up, and with a long story with many characters across wide regions, much attention to detail is needed. Thus all the editing and scrutinizing. I would say the most painfully difficult part of writing is killing a character, especially a likeable or innocent one. Before writing someone's death scene, I'll often agonize for a day or two about whether I really should kill the character. For the sake of drama, I usually go out back and shoot Old Yeller, but not too often.
Absolutely, the most wonderful part about writing fiction is when a character comes alive for me instantly upon writing the character's name. In some cases, a character seems to be birthed whole and complete by my muse and then usually starts making trouble and stealing scenes.
I have worked very hard on The Rys Chronicles and am proud to offer to the public the four novels of this complete epic fantasy series: Union of Renegades, The Goddess Queen, Judgment Rising, The Borderlands of Power. I welcome hearing back from readers. Please use the Contact page. It is my sincerest wish to entertain others as well as myself with my fiction.
About the Author of The Rys Chronicles
Tracy Falbe has been an enthusiast of fantasy fiction stories since childhood. She was born in Michigan in 1972 and grew up in Mt. Pleasant . In 1995 she moved to Nevada but currently resides in Northern California with her husband, sons, German shepherd, and black cat. Her hobbies include being a news junkie, archery, baking, and gardening.
In 2000, she earned a journalism degree from California State University, Chico. She considers writing a necessary activity that she enjoys. She has the most fun writing in the fantasy genre. She finds inspiration in history and likes to contemplate warfare before gunpowder and life without modern technology. Placing characters in an elder world fantasy setting fascinates her and allows her to explore age-old notions of bravery when combat was often done face-to-face. Magic is another story element that adds to the pleasure of writing in this genre.
Since learning to read and write as a child, Tracy always knew that she wanted to write novels. The Rys Chronicles represents the efforts of many adult years.
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