Who’s Peter Koevari? Peter Koevari is a writer that holds fantasy dearly close to his heart. From an early age, he was immersed in all media of fantasy that he could get his hands on. Memories of movies such as The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Star Wars, Conan, The Last Starfighter, The Princess Bride, and many more are cherished memories of fantasy nostalgia. Peter’s hunger for storytelling was growing from a young age. Feeding off movies, video games, and books, the hunger had never been quenched. There was a yearning for something, as if he was enchanted by a spell and did not know how to release it. The worlds held inside his imagination had to be shared with readers of the world. It took over 10 long years to unlock the doors to worlds such as Marithia, and to pen them into books to share with anyone willing to travel to his worlds, but once he found the key and began to write… everything made sense. Peter’s writing will surprise you, may shock you and take your emotions by its talons, but will transport your mind into a world of fantasy like you have never read before.
His writing journey so far: Storytelling has been part of my life for many years now, but only in the last five years have I taken it seriously enough to pen novels. Out of every genre that I have read, watched, and experienced in the video game world... my greatest love was for fantasy. That passion led me to write the Legends of Marithia series. Two of the books have already been published. It is a bit of a long story, but my first edition of Legends of Marithia : Prophecies Awakening (Book 1) was published by a New York publisher, and when I realised that I wanted to rewrite it, as I was not happy with the end result, cut content, and the cover, I decided to turn indie. Sounds drastic, doesn't it? In actual fact, I feel better off for it. What is important for any indie author is that they take their craft, product, and professionalism seriously. Make your books publishable, and the best they can be. Invest in decent covers for your books, not ones that look as if they were achieved in Microsoft Paint. Never think that your writing is good enough, and always be on a path of continual learning and improvement. As we write more novels, discover new techniques, and learn from other writers, then our writing should improve as a result. Ultimately, it is about telling the story in the best possible way, to deliver the most enjoyable novels to our readers. There is a whole new level of difficulty and high expectations when you are writing a series. We all know that sequels tend to be worse than predecessors, and to buck that trend... you have to lift your game. I am my worst critic, and am so brutal on my work, that I have parked Legends of Marithia: Book 3's 45,000+ word partly written manuscript, to be completely rewritten later. Why? many reasons. I am slightly insane for one LOL but sanity is objective. Ideas come to me at the most odd times, and like Allison Dubois in Medium, I tend to have dreams that I can't shake. This happened to me with a new idea for a scifi novel, that was continually scratching at me to be written. So, I embarked on a crazy journey to write two books at the same time. For anyone who knows me, my self-imposed brutality on my work is such that I have a proofreading team who are all sharp, talented, and as honest as a people can get, and I sent them my work on a chapter by chapter basis, for feedback and continual improvement. Sado-Masochistic? Okay, a little... but when we expect the best in ourselves, we need to take disciplinary measures to ensure that we stay at our best. I also found that due to feedback from Kristen Lamb, one of the best in the writing industry, she managed to help me unlock parts of my writer's voice that I hadn't incorporated into my writing. She also pointed out ways that I can improve the novel so much further, and deliver a far greater book for readers to enjoy the story so much more. So, it will be rewritten and fleshed out when I come back to it. I am now focusing on my new sci-fi novel, that I am four chapters into the manuscript and at about 12,000 words. I look forward to publishing and delivering the new story, and the third instalment. Hopefully, to have both done by the end of this year. Time will tell.
Peter Koevari is a writer that holds fantasy dearly close to his heart. From an early age, he was immersed in all media of fantasy that he could get his hands on. Memories of movies such as The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Star Wars, Conan, The Last Starfighter, The Princess Bride, and many more are cherished memories of fantasy nostalgia.
Peter’s hunger for storytelling was growing from a young age. Feeding off movies, video games, and books, the hunger had never been quenched. There was a yearning for something, as if he was enchanted by a spell and did not know how to release it.
The worlds held inside his imagination had to be shared with readers of the world.
It took over 10 long years to unlock the doors to worlds such as Marithia, and to pen them into books to share with anyone willing to travel to his worlds, but once he found the key and began to write… everything made sense.
Peter’s writing will surprise you, may shock you and take your emotions by its talons, but will transport your mind into a world of fantasy like you have never read before.
His writing journey so far:
Storytelling has been part of my life for many years now, but only in the last five years have I taken it seriously enough to pen novels. Out of every genre that I have read, watched, and experienced in the video game world... my greatest love was for fantasy. That passion led me to write the Legends of Marithia series. Two of the books have already been published. It is a bit of a long story, but my first edition of Legends of Marithia : Prophecies Awakening (Book 1) was published by a New York publisher, and when I realised that I wanted to rewrite it, as I was not happy with the end result, cut content, and the cover, I decided to turn indie. Sounds drastic, doesn't it? In actual fact, I feel better off for it. What is important for any indie author is that they take their craft, product, and professionalism seriously. Make your books publishable, and the best they can be. Invest in decent covers for your books, not ones that look as if they were achieved in Microsoft Paint. Never think that your writing is good enough, and always be on a path of continual learning and improvement.
As we write more novels, discover new techniques, and learn from other writers, then our writing should improve as a result. Ultimately, it is about telling the story in the best possible way, to deliver the most enjoyable novels to our readers.
There is a whole new level of difficulty and high expectations when you are writing a series. We all know that sequels tend to be worse than predecessors, and to buck that trend... you have to lift your game. I am my worst critic, and am so brutal on my work, that I have parked Legends of Marithia: Book 3's 45,000+ word partly written manuscript, to be completely rewritten later. Why? many reasons.
I am slightly insane for one LOL but sanity is objective. Ideas come to me at the most odd times, and like Allison Dubois in Medium, I tend to have dreams that I can't shake. This happened to me with a new idea for a scifi novel, that was continually scratching at me to be written. So, I embarked on a crazy journey to write two books at the same time. For anyone who knows me, my self-imposed brutality on my work is such that I have a proofreading team who are all sharp, talented, and as honest as a people can get, and I sent them my work on a chapter by chapter basis, for feedback and continual improvement. Sado-Masochistic? Okay, a little... but when we expect the best in ourselves, we need to take disciplinary measures to ensure that we stay at our best.
I also found that due to feedback from Kristen Lamb, one of the best in the writing industry, she managed to help me unlock parts of my writer's voice that I hadn't incorporated into my writing. She also pointed out ways that I can improve the novel so much further, and deliver a far greater book for readers to enjoy the story so much more. So, it will be rewritten and fleshed out when I come back to it.
I am now focusing on my new sci-fi novel, that I am four chapters into the manuscript and at about 12,000 words. I look forward to publishing and delivering the new story, and the third instalment. Hopefully, to have both done by the end of this year. Time will tell.