Author has written 5 stories for Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Life. Inspired by authors Terry Brooks and J.R.R. Tolkien, Joseph Drinkard took to writing in middle school. In the months that followed, he was gifted with an award of excellence in writing, and a certificate of achievement for young writers of Washington. He was later recognized for his work in the ninth grade, and would soon publish a short story, The Mind’s Manifest.As Drinkard’s first work, The Light of Darkness originated as a story when he was fifteen, and would not become a novel for six years. During that time, he worked to develop a specific style of writing. Essentially, The Light of Darkness took six years to finish in six months. It is the first of three books. The Legend of Raenyn Jyhl, the first of a five books series, came about the same way. It has been written three times over ( complete rewrite of the manuscript, using the same story...whoa). |