Our SPFBOX interviews continue with Ceril N. Domace, author of Fortitude’s Prize.
SPFBO (the Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off) is a free online contest run by author Mark Lawrence. 300 authors compete across ten judging teams to see who will be the winner! You can read more about the contest [HERE]].
INTERVIEW WITH CERIL N. DOMACE
Tell us a little about yourself and let our readers know which blog you’ve been assigned to for SPFBOX!
What inspired you to write this book?
Can you tell us a little bit about your writing or editing process? What’s most exciting to you about writing or editing?
I start drafting by making a chapter by chapter outline of where I’m expecting to be by that point. When I actually start drafting, I wait until about 7PM, then throw on some video game soundtracks and write until midnight (Unless it’s a weekend, the I write until 2AM). That’s my sweet spot for actually getting work done. Editing is more likely to be done during the afternoon once I get off work.
My favorite part of either process is getting to see the story take shape. Watching it go from vibes to finished product and reaching the quality I know it could be is absolutely fantastic.
“JRR Tolkien and Robert Jordan are definitely my largest literary influences, but CS Lewis is up there too.”
Who or what have been your major literary influences?
What makes your SPFBOX book unique?
Do you have a favourite character from your SPFBOX entry? Tell us about them!
“My favorite part of either process is getting to see the story take shape. Watching it go from vibes to finished product and reaching the quality I know it could be is absolutely fantastic.”
How does your work fit into (or challenge) its genre?
What do you hope readers take away from your SPFBOX entry?
What are you currently working on?
Fortitude’s Prize
The Master of Fortitude, the largest city in the Flying Isles, has been robbed.
Normally, this wouldn’t concern Edward Bardsley. He’s an alchemist and surgeon on a small privateering vessel, and there are much larger and better equipped ships in Fortitude. It only becomes his concern when his crew is commissioned to retrieve the master’s stolen property. Between storms, injuries, and secrets that could see Edward exiled from the skies the way his father was, just getting to the thief’s hideout is enough to test the hardiest crew.
Thrust into the middle of an adventure that will take him from one end of the Flying Isles to the other, Edward must use every ounce of his alchemical and sailing knowledge to keep the crew intact as they inch closer to their goal.
Ceril N Domace is an accountant, animal lover, and dedicated dungeon master.
As a lover of fiction works great and small, Ceril has been reading age-inappropriate stories since her father failed to pull The Silmarillion from her grubby little fingers at age five. As a grown-up accountant, her spreadsheet compiling gives her plenty of time to make plans for a fantastic world that isn’t plagued by balance sheets . . . and also has dragons.
On the rare occasions she manages to free herself from an ever-growing and complex web of TTRPG, Ceril enjoys taking walks and griping that all her hobbies are work in disguise.
