The fictional world of Corsana is not unlike our own. Sure, there are mythical creatures, mana-based technology and magic, but there’s also plenty of adventure, political tension and friendship. Corsana’s creator, author Charles Wellington II, refers to Corsana as a “parallel dimension” to Earth. As such, there are many similarities between Earth and Wellington’s fictional realm.
Corsana is the setting of Wellington’s epic fantasy series of the same name. The first installment, Corsana: The Phalanx Syndicate, was released in 2012. Book two, Corsana: Myths & Legends, comes out on June 1. Wellington is based in Reno, and his books have attracted a global readership.
“There is an attitude against self-publishing, and it is fully deserved,” said Wellington. It boils down to editing.
Wellington said that self-published authors often don’t know the difference between “developmental editing,” which focuses more on making a story cohesive and engaging, and “line editing,” which refers to the grammar and sentence structure of a novel. The first edition of Corsana received some criticism because of grammatical mistakes, which Wellington thinks was fair. He addressed them in the second and third editions of the book.
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