Chronicle Log
Behind the novel, the folklore, and the site itself. Updated as things happen — an honest record of the journey.
After many months of writing — 140,000 words, multiple drafts, more cups of tea than is probably healthy — a physical test print of The Calling is on its way. I'll hold it for the first time soon. That's a strange thing to think about.
Still deciding on the final route to market. Reading a lot, considering a lot — including selling directly from this site.
Writing 140,000 words was one thing. Assembling them into something a printer will actually accept was another challenge entirely.
Margins that wouldn't hold. Page formats that reset themselves. Rogue lines in the wrong font size appearing from nowhere. Joining everything together into one document — after writing in sections over months — was genuinely stressful. I still don't know with certainty that it's worked. The test print will tell me.
The ISBN process was fine — email was slow but when I called, the person on the phone was lovely. She mentioned she liked the site name. Small thing, but it made my day. Someone outside the project just getting it.
theentangledchronicl.es wasn't my first choice. But it fits now. It really fits.
The Entangled Chronicles draws on authentic European mythology — Irish, Germanic, Scandinavian. When I started researching for The Calling, I discovered just how vast and rich these traditions really are.
Rather than let that research sit in a notebook, I built it into the site. Many creatures get their own page, and this will continue to grow. Every book in this series expands into a new mythology. The folklore section grows with it.
The Chronicles site launched quietly a few months ago. The cinematic landing page went up, the folklore sections started filling out — then I closed the laptop and finished the book. The site waited.
The whole thing is hand-built — no WordPress, no templates, no framework. Vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Partly because it's the right tool for a site this specific, partly because it's also a portfolio piece for moxr.dev.
The Calling is Book One of The Entangled Chronicles — an epic fantasy series rooted in authentic European folklore. One story, many threads, two protagonists whose paths are older than either of them knows.
140,000 words, hard earned. The series is built to grow. Each book expands into new countries, new mythologies, new creatures. The folklore research is ongoing — and this site grows with it.
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