J. Eric Dennis

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔸𝕝𝕝 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕣𝕚𝕔 Trumric! The capital city of the Trumin Republic. A vibrant, colorful, living city. Not some ancient ruins. Imagine what Rome must have looked like in its prime! #roadtobook3 #urbanfantasy

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 Character reveal! Meet Cassia, a new character just for book 3 that both Ulric and Julia must contend with. Thoughts??? #roadtobook3 #fortuneandmercy #CharacterDriven

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 Week 12. We are well into writing the third act, and the pieces of the puzzle are fitting together. Sometimes we place the pieces, and SOMETIMES the pieces place themselves. #roadtobook3 #fortuneandmercy #fantasyseries

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔹𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕤 After the usual Sunday morning co-author meeting, comes the Sunday afternoon writing. It's a nice day, so why not write on the porch. 🙂 #roadtobook3 #writinglife #coauthorlife

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 Is inspiration important? Of course. But you know what's more important? Momentum. Inspiration begins the story. Momentum is what allows it to finish. @AmarilloCollege #roadtobook3 #fortuneandmercy

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 So this is what a chapter looks like when you drop it all over the table? Hopefully the final result will be more organized and purposeful. 😆 #roadtobook3 #fortuneandmercy #AmWritingFantasy

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 Who exactly were the mysterious Eltarans? And why did they create the gatestones? #room150andbeyond #fortuneandmercy #fantasyseries

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 Week eleven on the road. Something interesting happens on a long writing project over the course of three books. The story begins to tell the authors how it wants to be finished. #roadtobook3 #AmWritingFantasy

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔹𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕤 Today over coffee at Roasters Coffee & Tea Company, we reviewed pacing across the final arc. Where does the story need to breathe? When does it need to accelerate? #fortuneandmercy #roadtobook3 #writinglife

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔸 ℚ𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 When reading the final installment of a book series, which do you prefer? - a long-foreshadowed outcome - something unexpected #roadtobook3 #fantasybookseries #fantasyreader #fortuneandmercy

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔹𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕤 For those wondering who exactly DENNIS and RILEY are... Here you go. Dennis on the right. Riley on the left. "Salve, travelers!" #roadtobook3 #fortuneandmercy #urbanfantasy

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕄𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 Meet Brocchus, "local warlord who runs all the gangs along the river." His machinations create problems for all our central characters. #fortuneandmercy #roadtobook3 #swordandsorcery #characterbuilding

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 ℝ𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 Week 10. Wow. The manuscript is starting to feel anchored. Scenes now tend to reinforce each other rather than compete for attention. Cohesion. #roadtobook3 #fortuneandmercy #fantasybookseries

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔹𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕤 Our weekly Sunday morning meeting over coffee. Where is ACT III of BOOK III really taking us? Is THIS inevitable? The work continues. Roasters Coffee & Tea Company #roadtobook3 #writinglife

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 Long projects teach something simple: Discipline isn't loud. It's repetitive, patient and often unseen. But sooo worth it in the end. @AmarilloCollege #fortuneandmercy #roadtobook3

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 We have had many discussions lately on all the things which we introduced in Book I and which of those things deserve to survive to the end. #roadtobook3 #fortuneandmercy #coauthorlife #swordandsorcery

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕋𝕣𝕚𝕡 Book I was primarily set in the grand city of Trumric. Book III mainly in the outdoors beyond the walls of the Trumric. In Book III we are back in the city once again. . . #roadtobook3 #worldbuilding

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕄𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 A character from Book I reemerges wielding more power and influence than ever, throwing the plans of both Ulric and Julia into turmoil. #roadtobook3 #characterbuilding #fortuneandmercy

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔽𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 Imagine a peaceful road winding it's way through the countryside of the Republic of Trumric. Is this what it would look like? #fortuneandmercy #roadtobook3 #worldbuilding

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕀𝕀𝕀 - 𝔹𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕤 The initial draft of ACT 1 and ACT 2 are finished. Now, to write the final chapters of our story: ACT 3 of BOOK 3. No pressure. 😉 #roadtobook3 #fortuneandmercy #writinglife