After receiving positive feedback, Navarre teen Tyler Bare, 19, plans to continue writing his children’s book series “50 Levels” according to a press release from Pensacola State College.
In addition to gathering an online following with his free online young adult novel, “Dream Nightmare” available on Wattpad.com, Bare has found success in continuing his children’s book series currently available on Amazon.com.
The children’s book series follows eight- -year-old Drake who is transported to a magical world through a board game. Drake must complete all 50 levels of the game or he is trapped in the magical world forever. Each book features a different level including different monsters and challenges.
So far, Bare has completed the first three installments of the 50 part series. Bare said he was inspired to write the series after reading the “Magic Tree House” book series created by Mary Pope Osborne.
“At first, I just wrote ‘Level 1’ for fun,” Bare said. “Then, I got good feedback about it, so I wrote ‘Level 2’ and ‘Level 3.’ I plan to keep writing until I finish all 50 levels.”
In addition to receiving feedback and critiques from a PSC writing tutor—who encouraged him to keep writing—Bare also receives feedback from his sister, Haley before each book is published. His brother, Noah also contributes illustrations for the series.
In order to promote reading and writing with children in area schools, Bare recently offered free presentations to local schools in order to motivate young authors. More than 90 students and teachers from West Navarre Intermediate School placed orders for Bare’s published work, after he visited the school last spring. Bare’s first book “Dream Nightmare” attracted 200 online readers in its first 16 days online at Wattpad.com. The book was also rated number four on the website’s ‘action / adventure’ category.
Bare is currently focused on writing the next chapter of “Dream Nightmare” and the remaining entries to “50 Levels.”
Bare said he might parlay his associates in arts degree in computer information systems into a high tech career.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Navarre teen to continue writing children’s book series