I'm not sure if this is fair to ask but do you have a favorite? Check out this link on Elise's website for more information on reading orders getting into her work. You have 7 series out! The Air Awakens, Vortex Chronicles, Golden Guard, Loom Saga, Wish Quartet, Married to Magic and A Trial of Sorcerers (deep breath). Fortunately, this author business has panned out for me.Ģ. I quit my job in January of 2016 to become a full time author and have never looked back. But pursuing a career as an author? Opportunities like that don't come every day!

I could always find another corporate job. When FIRE FALLING was released 3 months later, I knew I had a special opportunity on my hands and I had to take a chance. At that time I was working at a large tech company and I expected it to be a side hustle. Rather than trunking my work and waiting to query or publish it later I decided that self publishing was a viable option for getting my story out there and helping build my career as an author.ĪIR AWAKENS was ultimately published in August of 2015.

I queried AIR AWAKENS in 2014 after substantial edits, but did not receive any offers of representation from agents (as is the case for many debut authors). I had found the community I needed and finished the Air Awakens series.

Additionally, those readers became what were effectively my first betas. It was a great site to help keep me on track by making it a habit of posting a chapter every day for my readers. That search for community in writing led me to Fictionpress. I wasn’t considering publication and just wanted to have a good time writing. Thus, when I began writing AIR AWAKENS in 2012-2013, it started as a hobby.įor a long time, I enjoyed Fanfiction and wanted to write in an environment as fun and as interactive as the Fanfiction websites I frequented. Reading and books have always been a big part of who I am, so even if I wasn’t dreaming of being an author at points in my life, I’ve always held a deep love for the art of storytelling. Needless to say, I’ve loved writing and storytelling for a long time. I was determined to write a chapter book and so that’s what I did. It was part of a school project to write a “long form” story. I wrote my first novella, a high fantasy, in sixth grade. I suppose if it's my 'origin story' I should go all the way back. Tell us your 'writer origin story,' what made you take the leap from working for a tech company to writing full time? Did you publish any of your books before you made the full time change? While trying to decide which world to jump into next we caught up with the USA Today bestselling author to ask her some questions!ġ. After falling in love with Deal with the Elf King, I couldn’t wait to checkout Elise Kova’s A Trial of Sorcerers.

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