Back in 2011, just before Christmas, I was released from compulsory military service. It's a thing every man has to go through in this part of the world. I had little direction or any certain plans that would motivate me. But after reading the Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan, I started scribbling about my own silly little fantasy world.
As my state of mind was not the best I simply dreamt, waking up somewhere else, in some other time and slowly bit by bit the world I escaped to became a whole. And during that time I also discovered trailer music/film soundtracks, so the scenes in my mind became even more vivid. I recall listening to these two songs a lot. I know, I know... Anime
Kokia - Chouwa Oto
Kokia - Nageki no oto
Half a year or so since I was released from the military, I discovered the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. After reading that, I just had to put the world in my mind into writing, even if only for myself. And that's how Beyond the Void was born, and 8-9 years after I'm still struggling with it, refusing to give up, although I constantly wonder if I should.