Books

Rise to Dust: The Scion of Hope was published for paperback on July 31st, 2021, and E-Book on September 11, 2021.

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History

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            Alexander began the original concept for the book in 2013, writing the story as a movie script. At least half of the story was filmed but Alexander's skill with the camera improved from the beginning of the project to the middle, and so he decided to cancel the production. However, he didn't stop coming up with ideas for the world and the story. In 2014, he began extensive work on the backstory of the Archons, one of his main fantasy races within the book. At this time he also began to develop some of the languages that would appear in the world. The basis for the first version of Archaic and one of the evil languages was laid out. He also wrote the account of the creation of the world. 

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            For the next few years he continued adding information and developing the languages further. Eventually enough story had accumulated that Alexander felt he could turn the story into a fully fledged novel with the hopes that it could fuel a fandom that would once again call for it to be made into a film series. 

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            In 2016, Alexander began a draft of the novel, adding new characters to the story that had not existed, such as the character Mreavus. His writing however, had not fully developed, and only a portion of this version made it into the final novel. Much of what takes place in the first four chapters of the finished novel was originally condensed into one chaotic chapter. Yet some of the dialogue in the birth of Amelia made it into the finished book. As for the rest of it, Alexander did not yet create. He put the project down again, but still continued developing ideas for how the story would span three books. He developed the main themes of the story and its ending. 

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            Then, in 2017, he organized his work which he had kept on various voice recordings and pieces of paper into a cohesive timeline on a set of notecards that would block out the ideas of each book. He shared this overview of the three novels with a dear friend who told him he had to make the idea for the books into a reality. 

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            Finally, in 2018, he decided it was time to fulfill that promise. He organized all he had previously made for the world together on a series of PowerPoints and Word documents. Then he began writing. He decided to write as organically as possible, allowing himself to abandon ideas he had always had if the story justified a new one. This lead to great improvement in his writing. 

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            Over the next three years he worked between school at his university to create the book. He underwent a series of editors, and many drafts. The rough draft was finished in early 2021. He then sent it to his final editor, then after many revisions, his work was complete. He sent it to his typesetter to work on the interior design and layout with him. He designed the book cover himself after many edits and photoshoots. During this time, he also came up with the concepts for the next two book covers from covers he made for the first that ended up suiting the following novels better. The novel was published in the late summer of 2021 and became available for readers everywhere. 

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             His overall hope with the novel series is to tell a story of passion and triumph to remind his readers that they are in control of their own lives and can overcome and and all struggles both physical and mental. 

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