Skylight Stories Kawena – Chapter 1 Preview and Creative Writing Sample

Here’s what I’ve been working on for the last year during my Creative Writing Masters program!

Skylight Stories Kawena Child of the Sky Logo Jamie Johns

While it’s more of a creative writing sample for now, I’ll be publishing it (probably self-publishing) as part of my graduation requirement for my degree from Southern New Hampshire University’s Creative Writing Master’s Program, and I’ll be uploading more chapters, hopefully about 1 a month, or 1/2 of a chapter twice a month – on average I like to aim for about 3000-5000 words per chapter, so they won’t be skimpy either. You may notice that this chapter is a bit lengthier (about 8500 words) so think of the extra as a bonus as thanks for giving me a try!

My goal is simple: to write a Novel series inspired by Japanese Light Novels, anime, and manga. Yet, it isn’t a light novel at all, but written for an English-speaking audience experienced with Western literature looking for well written, original stories with depth that need not undergo the perils of translation.

 I’ll also be uploading (badly drawn, haha – I hardly ever sketch anymore since I started my writing program) basic character references and profiles shortly too, so look forward to them!  

Right now I have it projected to be a Fantasy Tragedy and/or Psychological work, with accents of Adventure, Action, Romance, and Nature writing mixed in. I know it’s slow, but stick with me now as I build up the world… I promise you won’t be disappointed later.

As with anything, representations presented are purely fictional – although as with any good story, I hope you can find something you can relate to  🙂

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