Recently on Threads, another user asked me what inspired me. Here was my answer:

Short answer: my wife and kids.

Long answer: I’ve always loved to write and deep down wanted to publish a novel. Both kids began working on their own stories during lockdown.

I created a tabletop RPG for my family to play together. The lore grew and evolved, and my wife encouraged me to turn it into a book. With that spark from my kids’ writings, I began working on the prologue.

5 months later I finished draft one of The Tale of Tiernan.