Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.5.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Arc Legends Fantasy Books, Art, & Writer's Life ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.arclegends.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Coming Back to the Desk: How My 10 Year Writing Absence Ended](https://www.arclegends.com/2025/11/19/coming-back-to-the-desk-how-my-10-year-writing-absence-ended/) - Ten years had passed since I had written anything. In my hands, I held a book I'd never finished, the last project I had worked on—a dusty first draft that was supposed to be my "greatest" work. Tangled plotlines, inconsistent characters, haywire emotional beats. As I flipped through those pages, I realized—I couldn't do it. - [Being an Intentional Author](https://www.arclegends.com/2025/10/21/being-an-intentional-author/) - Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport has been a huge boone to me recently. Though, it really should be called Digital Intentionalism, because it doesn't approach technology from a less-is-more standpoint. It approaches technology from a "Make sure it serves your values and that you know its costs." I've found it extremely helpful as I wade - [Sustainable Social Media for Authors](https://www.arclegends.com/2025/10/28/sustainable-social-media-for-authors/) - Social media is full of pitfalls for writers. I know because I fell right into one. That's why, today, I spent the morning rebuilding and re-organizing how I approach social media. All the impressions, engagement, and followers, all the online attention and virality, it doesn't guarantee connection or community. It doesn't even guarantee business success - [The Ideal Fantasy Writer & Me](https://www.arclegends.com/2025/10/12/the-ideal-fantasy-writer-me/) - I was flabbergasted when I began telling people I was an author. "Really? I've always wanted to write a book." "I have an idea for a novel. Do you think it's publishable?" "Me, too! Would you read my first draft?" "Are you in a writer's group? Can I come?" Budding writers seemed to pop out - [Finished! (A Writing Update)](https://www.arclegends.com/2025/05/15/finished-a-writing-update/) - Finished! The first draft of Queen of the Deeps is finally done!!! (Again.) Writing this book has taken so long that I’ve forgotten when I began. *leaves to look it up* 2022 – so 3 years. Maybe it feels long because I had to write it TWICE! That’s right, the original draft was finished in - [Coming Summer 2024…](https://www.arclegends.com/2024/03/30/coming-summer-2024/) - What's New? 10,000 words of new content New Side Character New Cover New Interior Art What's the Same? Same story Same beloved characters Same adventures Same epic battles Opportunities are coming to grab free, early release copies, but only if you're signed up to the Arc Legends Mailing list! I'll be posting snippets of the - [Inkheart, Creative Self-Publishing & Secret Projects](https://www.arclegends.com/2024/02/28/inkheart-creative-self-publishing-secret-projects/) - Where did February go? I lost my February in a book! Sometimes I dive so deep into what I'm writing that the days seem to vanish. February has been that type of month. Writing, writing, and more writing! Progress on Book 3 of my YA adventure fantasy series continues. I'm growing happier by the day # - [Princesses, Wizards & Writing Excuses - Life of a Fantasy Author (January Update)](https://www.arclegends.com/2024/01/08/princesses-wizards-writing-excuses-life-of-a-fantasy-author-january-update/) - Goodness, those fantasy princesses... Between commission work, beta reading a few fantasy novels, and the holidays, work on Book 3 has continued to progress! The two main characters, Adeya and Kyen, are separated for this book (due to spoilers from Prince of the Fallen Kingdom). Adeya's storyline has been getting the chief of my attention, - [Welcome to the Arc Legends!](https://www.arclegends.com/2023/12/05/welcome-to-the-arc-legends/) - Hi, I'm C. A. Doehrmann. As a fantasy author, there are a great many things I'm bad at. One of them is updating my readers. Come 2024, that's about to change. ## Pages - [Home Page](https://www.arclegends.com/) - Kyen of Avanna wants one thing—to be invisible. Shy and unremarkable, he keeps a dangerous secret. Kade, an ancient sprite, lives inside his mind. So when Princess Adeya crosses his path — desperate to restore summoning and escape an arranged marriage — Kyen tries to keep his distance. But distance won’t save anyone when the - [Prince of the Fallen Kingdom: Book 2 of Ellunon (The Arc Legends Series)](https://www.arclegends.com/prince-of-the-fallen-kingdom-book-2-of-ellunon-the-arc-legends-series/) - A HERO FALLS… Kyen of Avanna—possessed by an arcangel, hunted by fiends, harried by a princess—just wants a decent meal. But dinner has to wait when he runs into an old enemy at the inn. Ennyen’s skill with the sword is unmatched—and his vengeance shows no mercy. When he draws a dark blade and calls - [About the Author](https://www.arclegends.com/about-the-author/) - Why I Write Young Adult Fantasy Books My journey to becoming a YA fantasy writer began at a young age. My earliest memories of reading fantasy involved being set free to wander the young adult section of our local library. 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