When I started to write the story Archomai, I set out to
write a story that adults would enjoy and find entertaining with the
complicated bunny trails that ran in and out of the main story. I also endeavored
to make a story that was accessible to the young reader. By that I mean easy to read, and I tried to keep the simplicity
of the main theme.
When I received the edited manuscript back from the publishing
company, the editor wrote his comments and stated in part, “You have written
here a hero.” He was referring to the main character Jeremiah. I must confess
that I never gave it a thought of creating a hero when I wrote the book, Archomai, The Prince, The Scepter, And TheShield. I took the character of Jeremiah from a real person, and that
person, like Jeremiah at the beginning of the book is confined. I know now in
my heart that I considered this young man a hero and that is why, subconsciously,
I created a hero in the main character Jeremiah. That is a good thing, because
we all need to have heroes. Even heroes need to have heroes.
I think I would like to look into heroes a little deeper the
next time.
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