How Torsion Came to Be

This is a pretty blanket statement. Torsion was published a little over a year ago in 2021, and since then my following has grown, I've gotten to share helpful posts about writing, talk about the lore and worldbuilding behind The Makria Cycle, and make new writing friends. When coming up with this intro post, I wanted to touch on how I came up with Torsion and then realized, that doesn't actually explain everything. So, we're going to go back in time to meet Little Sera.

When I was 10 years old, I started working on my first novel: an urban technological fantasy. I absolutely loved it. Worldbuilding has always been my strong suit, and while the original idea was scrapped due to my inability to properly express myself in writing, I have plans for it, and once I'm done with The Makria Cycle, I have a feeling I will circle back around to it.

There's something that's extremely important about being a writer who satisfies their younger creative mind in their present work. As a kid, I was amazed by the way that people could weave words and create worlds that seemed so real. I became a Tolkienite at the age of eight. In fact, The Lord of the Rings is the reason why I chose to become a linguist. Art imitates life, and to truly dive deep into a fictional world, a reader has to connect to it.

As a writer, my goal is to facilitate that connection between the reader and the world. I've been writing since I learned how to read. And when Torsion popped into my 15-year-old head, I knew I had to make it happen. As a technologically inclined person who hates doing math because I'm not naturally good at it, getting to research and write sci-fi allows me to enjoy STEM without having to get graded on it.

A lot of people know that when you do what you love, work no longer seems like work. That is very true, especially in these instances. I want to give my readers the best possible work that I can, which is why the sequel is taking so long. As writers, we constantly critique our writing because of how involved with it we are.

Torsion boils down to the basics: a bunch of gifted college kids who get somewhere by accident, and that accident creates a conflict that ultimately solves an even bigger issue: therein causing even more problems. As a reader, this kind of story is something I relate to; trying to prove myself and coming to terms with who I am as a person. As a writer, I wrote what I wanted to read; a story in which broken people come together and realize that they are far more important than they think they are.

I am not a perfect writer. I am not a perfect reader. What I am is an admirer of art who hopes desperately to recreate it in a way that hits my own heart and inspires the people around me.

So, welcome to The Makria Galaxy. Long live the Praecipua.

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