Interview with F Stephan, Author of Torkal’s Wars: A Besieged Neighbor

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to put in writing Torkal’s wars #1 : A besieged neighbor?

The story began from the War of the Gauls by Caesar and a sport of Small World (the board sport) with my son. How would that story switch to a fantasy setup? I selected the perspective of the grasp of scouts of the Legion (to have the ability to view extra of the world than a centurion would), enhancing the position of scouts in comparison with the unique roman construction. Then, the characters started to twist the story to their very own finish. And it’s going farther away from the unique day-to-day…

If you needed to decide theme songs for the principle characters of Torkal’s wars #1 : A besieged neighbor, what would they be?

Somehow the one track which comes out is Empire State of Mind 2 by Alicia Keys. We aren’t in Antiago (the Rome of my world) however there may be this sense of marvel, this sense that the hero can do something, and in addition the sense of a melting pot, of so many issues to find.

What’s your favourite style to learn? Is it the identical as your favourite style to put in writing?

Fantasy and SF. It’s the identical for what I wish to learn and write. I used to learn lots throughout genres once I was youthful.

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

James Lovegrove’s Sherlock Holmes Series.

What scene in your ebook was your favourite to put in writing?

Such a tough query. There’s lots of journey and conferences. But there’s a sure dwarf girl the hero will meet within the metropolis of Trelian which moved the story into instructions I wasn’t anticipating. This is a narrative of the roman legions but additionally of private discovery and progress going far past the navy.

Do you could have any quirky writing habits? (fortunate mugs, cats on laps, and so on.)

Not that a lot. I write to stability my life between an engineering structured day job and all of the goals of an odd world I’d wish to share

Do you could have a motto, quote, or philosophy you reside by?

I like to go and see what’s past the subsequent hill. I even went to stay down beneath, in Australia, to see what was there.

If you may select one factor for readers to recollect after studying your ebook, what wouldn’t it be?

The gleaming lake of Trelian between the mountains. You’ll love that place. I do.