by eleventy7

The advice you will find here follows the Chicago Manual of Style which is widely used by American publishers. There are some variances in style from country to country (and even from American publisher to American publisher.) **It may be easier to search the Table of Contents, as there is no rhyme or reason right now to chapter order.**

A young man's life is changed completely, when he finds out that, not only is he not human, but he is the heir of a magical land where his mere presence becomes a threat. First of a series. There are two worlds, the "real" one in which we live, and a magical one where the fantasies that populated our world's imagination come from. Leo is a young man from the real world who discovers he is a descendant of an extinct race of magical beings, the birdmen. Being one of the last known members of his kind, traditions and complications dictate that he is to inherit the throne of the birdmen kingdom in the magical world. But not all are happy with this news, on the day of his crowning a masked figure from the birdmen's bloody, war-torn past appears. "As long as you remain, your kingdom will never know peace" it says, "I will make sure of it."

"Wait, pause. Louis Tomlinson just liked my selfie. What a creep."

(COMPLETED) [a series of short stories about 8 kids who live in california] ❝California is like a beautiful wild kid on heroin, high as a kite and thinking she's on top of the world, not knowing she's dying, not believing it even if you show her the marks.❞ ― S.E. Hinton, Rumble Fish. cal·i·for·nia /ˌkaləˈfôrnyə/ (v.) to bask in the sun; just let loose and forget everything { the story is un capitalized intentionally / / sometimes it's not } (completed; sequel is coming soon x) Copyright © 2014 by Taylor C. Arthur, Lovely O'Day [pen name] All Rights Reserved