Nate Barham#WritersCoffeeClub 10/23/2025 : Have you ever written a story-within-a-story?
I have. It’s in Volume 4. And it is one of my absolute favorite chapters in the whole series: who tells it, who’s present for the telling, and of course the twist!
Approved the final art for Book V today… I think we’re gonna make it for the holidays!
Guys… I got the first composition draft for the Book 5 cover today. 👀
This one’s gonna be rad.
It’s done!
Book V of Alora’s Tear
Started in 2018. Stubborn through a hellscape presidency and pandemic. Dragged along the beginnings of a voiceover career. And a tunnel at the end of which I thought I might never see daylight.
The road to publication is still to walk, but today I wrote the last word.
Today, I wrote the last word.
I am so hyped I could cry.
…but I already did that when I wrote the emotional climax yesterday.
#AlorasTear #TheGlitteringWorld #AmWriting #writingcommunity
Y’all. I just wrote The Scene.
I’ve been waiting to actually get to tell this moment of the story for *years*. The first version of it was probably envisioned sometime between 2013-15.
Freaking. Cannot. Wait. for people to read it!
Oh *this* is what it’s like to write a novel’s climactic scene!
I swear to all the gods and spirits and the whole goddamn universe I had forgotten.
Hell. Fucking. Yes.
Nate BarhamIt's official! #AlorasTear: Circlets and Seekers is available today on all the major digital platforms for $4.99. Paperback is coming very soon as well.
I hope you'll take a chance on this story, even if you haven't read the first three. The book is designed to make it accessible for Alora's Tear fans and newcomers alike.
https://barhamink.com/publishing/2018/08/14/Volume-4-Release.html
