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Nov 27, 2018 · After moving from place to place, Arlo Finch, his big sister Jaycee, and their mom have landed in Pine Mountain, Colorado. Pine Mountain is remote, the cabin is creepy, and Arlo’s Uncle Wade is even creepier. Also, something is wrong with the surrounding woods, beginning with the ghost dog that prowls the property. Arlo joins the Rangers ...
move her family there? 2. How do you think the residents of Pine Mountain learned how to harness the mystical powers of the Long Woods to do things such as thunderclaps and snaplights? 3. When was Arlo’s first real interaction with the eldritch and the Long Woods? 4. What makes Arlo and Katie special? 5. What happened in the Valley of Fire? 6.
Feb 6, 2018 · Arlo Finch thought becoming a Ranger meant learning wilderness skills, like camping and knots. But upon arriving in the tiny town of Pine Mountain, Colorado, Arlo soon learns there's so much more. His new friends Indra and Wu teach him how to harness the wild magic seeping in from the mysterious Long Woods—a parallel realm of wonder and danger.
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- Build Roads, Not Worlds.
- Slow and Steady Wins The Race.
- The Middle Book Is The Hardest, But Also The Most exciting.
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When I sold the trilogy, my proposal included descriptions of books two and three. Here’s a paragraph I wrote in my summary of Kingdom of Shadows: No spoiler warning needed, because this doesn’t happen.The Duchess — a character I’d intended to become the series villain — never appears in the trilogy at all. There’s nothing even remotely like her. E...
Every book has rules. Some are conventions (such as spelling and punctuation), while others are specific to the genre or audience (no swearing in a kid’s book). These rules help both authors and readers. For example, consider how we handle dialogue in prose. The author doesn’t have to add he said or she saidto every line because readers have come t...
The town of Pine Mountain brushes up against the Long Woods, a vast extra-dimensional wilderness that can only be navigated by mastering a special Ranger’s compass. Unlike a lot of fantasy literature, there’s no map at the front of the novels because the Long Woods cannot be mapped. But there are books in Arlo Finch: Arlo and his friends occasional...
I started Arlo Finch as part of NaNoWriMo, the annual challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. That’s a pace of 1,667 words per day. While I’d had a lot of experience as a screenwriter, I was a complete newbie to the world of publishing. I knew I had a lot to learn, so I used the excuse of making a documentary podcast (called Laun...
The middle book of a trilogy serves as a bridge between the start of the series and the end. It’s the second act, where stakes and complications are raised. As the writer, you’re spinning a bunch of plates, and then you add more. You can find many articles about middle book syndrome, because if there’s one thing writers love, it’s lamenting about h...
Librarians and professional reviewers have to look at dozens or hundreds of books each year, so even if they love book one, they’re unlikely to review book two unless it’s a publishing phenomenon. That’s a real frustration when you’re writing a trilogy, because you’re deliberately portioning out your story over three books. In the case of Arlo Finc...
In addition to the original English version, Arlo Finch is available in 12 translations. For each of these, I receive five copies, for a total of 195 books, which have to go somewhere. This is luxury problem, to be sure. It’s great and gratifying that so many international publishers took a chance on Arlo. And it’s exciting to cut open a box to see...
If I could go back to book one, I would make a few changes. Capitalize Eldritch.I didn’t realize these supernatural beings would become so important. (I also didn’t know they were giants.) We started capitalizing Eldritch in book two, but it bugs me that we’re not consistent. Set up Arlo’s origin earlier.In book one, we learn Arlo is a “tooble,” bu...
Early on, I decided that I wanted to save all of the thank yous and acknowledgements until the end of the third book. My reasoning was that as a reader I generally skip these sections, so why waste the pages and the ink? Plus, wouldn’t it feel presumptuous to thank a bunch of people for a book that might not be well-received? In retrospect, this de...
It’s been almost 18 months since I turned in the final revisions for Kingdom of Shadows. I’m finished, yet I don’t entirely feelfinished. The series was conceived as a trilogy and definitely resolves the major open questions. Like any finale, I took advantage of the opportunity to burn down the sets and let characters move on. Could there be anothe...
Feb 6, 2018 · Book Details. Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire is the first book in a spellbinding fantasy adventure series by screenwriter John August. Some trails lead to magic. Some lead to danger. As Arlo looked around, the walls of his room began to vanish, revealing a moonlit forest. Only his bed remained, and the frame of his window, through which he ...
May 14, 2020 · Read Aloud #7. Winter comes to Pine Mountain and it's time to get ready for the Alpine Derby.
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Feb 4, 2020 · 1 review. April 1, 2022. ¨Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows¨ is the third book in the Arlo Finch trilogy, written by John August. The book is following the point of view of Arlo Finch, Arlo, his best friends, Wu and Indra, and his older sister, Jaycee are on a mission to get Arlo and Jaycee´s father back from China.
