Hello everyone! Today I want to talk about my “novel” idea.
I have been having this idea for years now, and I wanted to have some beta readers, alpha readers and people, who are genuinely interested in reading it once I do write it.
I haven’t started writing it, as I have been planning this novel since Summer '24, and I wasn’t happy with how it all turned out. So I decided to take a break from it.
I’m finally starting back up again and decided to change the names, again. The major plot points are still the same, but the names didn’t match the overall aesthetic of both kingdoms.
I also had the cover for it made but … the working title is still a title I love.
I just need to reach the point in my planning stage that I’m happy with, so I can start working on chapter summaries.
THE COVER
This is the cover for my novel. I have erased or taken out the author’s name, since it was my full name.
And I prefer some privacy. I paid for this cover on Get Covers, and I’m happy with the design I received.
It’s certainly better than my design.
This is the book cover I designed, for Wattpad. Obviously I will be using the one I paid for. Including the title.
THE STORY
I wanted to share the overall summary of the story.
When Sabree is 6 years old, her family tragically dies in a fire. With them, their staff dies too.
Sabree and her personal handmaiden manage to flee to Saevelan Temple, where Sabree lives in hiding until she’s found out by her uncle Alaric. Fearing the retribution of whoever murdered her family, Sabree and her handmaiden flee, hoping to find a life outside Saevelan. But when the handmaiden is murdered in front of Sabree’s eyes, she has only one choice left: Find help in the kingdom that not only despises hers but would laugh in her face when she asked for their help.
Sabree travels to Nuniel, where she meets its cruel king: Lorcan Titanos.
Hoping he will grant her sanctuary in his kingdom and help her find whoever murdered her parents and save what’s left of Saevelan. But Lorcan refuses to help her, because of her heritage. With both kingdoms still hating each other since the war, but their heirs wishing for the kingdoms to unite, will Sabree be able to avenge her family?*
When Lorcan and Sabree show their true colors to each other, will love be the key to unite both kingdoms?
THE PLAN
My plan is to write this, all of this in Scrivener. Have a beta reader or two, maybe three, go over the story and give some feedback before I post it on Wattpad. If all goes (extremely) well, I might try traditionally publishing it or going through the journey of being an Indie author. Either way, I need to plan it all out first.
And, I’m hoping to not get stuck in the planning stages for months again…
If you’re interested, please let me know?