en-US Sat, 22 Jun 2024 01:21:29 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review6606667154 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 01:21:29 -0700 /review/show/6606667154 Bryant gave 5 stars to Elf Mastery Complete Trilogy (Kindle Edition) by Bryant Reil
]]> Review3679275294 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 01:21:07 -0700 /review/show/3679275294 Bryant gave 5 stars to Loveless Amends (Paperback) by Bryant Reil
]]> Review1632917769 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:52:02 -0700 /review/show/1632917769 Bryant gave 5 stars to Elf Mastery (Paperback) by Bryant Reil
I just found out via the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author tutorial that I am allowed to review my own book! I also recognize this is not a legitimate review, but would like to use the space to give a little background.

'Elf Mastery' was conceived as an idea for a cartoon series. I had a pitch bible, some songs, etc and even got a couple pitches out to animation companies. However, I ran into two struggles. First, I spoke with someone in the industry who told me that even if I sold it, the network/producer who picked it up would likely change it and the final product would be unrecognizable. (He had this happen to him). Second, getting a TV show made is a lot more difficult than getting a book published (especially now, in the day of self-publication). I had already been through that rigamarole trying to get a documentary series made. So a book gave me better creative control, better path to production, and here I am.

The concept with 'Elf Mastery' began with the setting: the idea that our world was managed in the background by fairies, elves, and the like. That is, what we call science is actually somebody's hard work. However, I didn't want the story to be setting driven. I wanted it to be character-driven. So I invented Kyla Nim. Kyla was intended to break some of the tropes that are common in YA fiction. She isn't an orphan; she isn't the Chosen One; she isn't the smartest, strongest, or most powerful. She is a simple girl with a strong family and incredible sense of dedication that carries her through the challenges in the story.

I feel the characters are the strength of this story, and feedback from my beta readers seems to support this. I'm proud of that because that is what I intended.

One piece of advice I will give before you read this is that the story certainly takes time to build up and introduce the characters before the main plot is introduced. To mitigate this, the first act contains its own sub-plots that help define the characters so (hopefully) the first several chapters aren't simply a dull sequence of introductions. ]]> Review3539146261 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:51:14 -0700 /review/show/3539146261 Bryant gave 5 stars to Elf Righteous (Elf Mastery, #3) by Bryant Reil
]]> Review3539146037 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:50:56 -0700 /review/show/3539146037 Bryant gave 5 stars to Elf Doubt (Elf Mastery Book 2) by Bryant Reil
]]> Review1632917769 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:50:29 -0700 /review/show/1632917769 Bryant gave 5 stars to Elf Mastery (Paperback) by Bryant Reil
I just found out via the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author tutorial that I am allowed to review my own book! I also recognize this is not a legitimate review, but would like to use the space to give a little background.

'Elf Mastery' was conceived as an idea for a cartoon series. I had a pitch bible, some songs, etc and even got a couple pitches out to animation companies. However, I ran into two struggles. First, I spoke with someone in the industry who told me that even if I sold it, the network/producer who picked it up would likely change it and the final product would be unrecognizable. (He had this happen to him). Second, getting a TV show made is a lot more difficult than getting a book published (especially now, in the day of self-publication). I had already been through that rigamarole trying to get a documentary series made. So a book gave me better creative control, better path to production, and here I am.

The concept with 'Elf Mastery' began with the setting: the idea that our world was managed in the background by fairies, elves, and the like. That is, what we call science is actually somebody's hard work. However, I didn't want the story to be setting driven. I wanted it to be character-driven. So I invented Kyla Nim. Kyla was intended to break some of the tropes that are common in YA fiction. She isn't an orphan; she isn't the Chosen One; she isn't the smartest, strongest, or most powerful. She is a simple girl with a strong family and incredible sense of dedication that carries her through the challenges in the story.

I feel the characters are the strength of this story, and feedback from my beta readers seems to support this. I'm proud of that because that is what I intended.

One piece of advice I will give before you read this is that the story certainly takes time to build up and introduce the characters before the main plot is introduced. To mitigate this, the first act contains its own sub-plots that help define the characters so (hopefully) the first several chapters aren't simply a dull sequence of introductions. ]]> GroupUser13457223 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:51:37 -0700