Welcome to the Court!

For our inaugural blog post I figured it would be appropriate to explore one of the many inspirations of the company, and how we find ourselves here today! 

I don’t think any of the three of us- that is Ashley, Brea and I- ever figured we would be starting a book editing and publishing company, but life has a funny way of showing us its callings. 

I will likely coerce them into writing their own posts about their history of book-loving, but I know all of us have a lifelong love of consuming good stories. 

Admittedly I am not much of a reader. I read an average of one full book every three years. Where my love of stories shines is in video games, movies, tv shows and writing. 

I have always been in love with writing, and as cliche as it is to say - I’ve been writing since the day I could pick up a pencil. I remember in early elementary school getting in trouble with the teacher for filling my notebooks with stories instead of paying attention in class. Soon I graduated to computers, and would spend hours typing away at short stories and poems. 

Middle school for me was the age of poetry. I wrote so many poems during this time, I remember always bringing my new poems to class and having my teachers read them. (Something I now know as an adult probably annoyed them more often than not, but they were always gracious enough to fuel my creativity.) 

One day I wrote a poem about war and brought it into school. During music / band class, the teacher had us watching a movie for the period. Before the movie started I handed the poem off to him. He said he would read it in his office, and told me to go sit with the other students to watch the movie. 

About twenty minutes later, he opened the door to his office, flipped the lights on and said “Kendall, come in here I want to talk to you.” 

My immediate instinct whenever a teacher called me to their desk was that I was in trouble, so dread filled my stomach. I walked in, he closed the door, I sat down. 

He held up my poem, written on a torn-out notebook page with the ripped border still attached, folded into fourths. He waved it in the air and said; 

“Kendall, you have talent. Real talent. This is better than most adults would write, it’s deep and meaningful. You’re going to do great things one day.” 

Then he handed the poem back to me and I rejoined the others. My soul glowed. That was the first time anyone really made me feel like my dreams were valid, that they were worth pursuing, that they could come true. That it wasn’t just some whimsical hobby at best, a waste of time at worst. There is nothing like being genuinely supported and given hope like that. 

It’s that feeling, that glow, that I want to give other aspiring authors. The three of us dream to be a pro-author business that supports writers and shows them their true potential. Where we can all, writer and reader alike, mutually revel in our adoration of great stories. 

No one should have to do it alone, and you don’t have to. You have a whole Kingdom behind you. So, I say again esteemed Noble; 

Welcome to Lochwood Court, where creativity thrives, imagination is hailed and stories are born. Whether you pen them, get lost in them, or both - the Court is curious to know; 

What’s your story? 

KD Prince