Featured Author: Eiza L. Dimzon

The Entity — When a small story grows into something much larger

Sometimes a story begins with a world that already exists. Sometimes a writer takes a familiar spark and slowly discovers that there is much more waiting inside it.

For Eiza L. Dimzon, writing began with fan fiction and eventually grew into a broader creative life that includes original stories, fantasy, mythology and complex character relationships. Writing became more than a pastime. During a difficult period in her life, it became a way to process experiences, explore different realities and find a voice when she needed one.

Her journey with The Entity is particularly interesting. What began in 2016 as a 699-word story inspired by Pedro Pascal's character in the Castillero del Diablo commercial did not remain a 699-word story. Eiza returned to the idea, expanded it, revised it and developed it into the much larger narrative it is today.

It is a reminder that sometimes a writer doesn't know where a small idea will eventually take her.

From Fan Fiction to Finding Her Voice

Eiza was initially drawn to storytelling through writers she discovered on FanFiction.net and Wattpad. Seeing authors work with familiar characters, create new worlds and build connections with readers opened up possibilities for her own writing.

Her first fan fiction was a Sess/Kag story titled The Mirror of Souls.

Writing eventually became a personal outlet during a difficult period in her life. What began as a way to cope developed into something much more lasting.

As Eiza puts it:

“Writing gave me a voice when I needed it most, and it continues to be the place where I feel most authentic.”

That sense of authenticity has remained important as her writing has developed. Rather than staying within one creative formula, she has experimented with different ideas, character dynamics and directions.

About the Book: The Entity

Genre: Greek Mythology

At the heart of The Entity is a meeting between two very different forms of captivity.

He is a lethal figure who moves through a world of blood, secrets and power.

She lives in a beautiful prison, a privileged life that has gradually become a gilded cage.

When their paths cross, the possibility of escape comes with its own dangers.

The result is a dark, sensual story of power, desire, danger and complicated choices, set against a mythological backdrop.

From a 699-Word Story to a Much Larger World

The history of The Entity is part of what makes Eiza's creative journey worth exploring.

The original story was written in 2016 as a short piece inspired visually by Pedro Pascal's character in the Castillero del Diablo commercial. Eiza later cross-posted it under her pen name, Acer Wolfe.

But the story did not stay where it began.

Over time, Eiza substantially expanded and revised the concept, developing the characters, relationships and mythology into the standalone book manuscript it is today.

That evolution says something important about writing.

An initial idea does not have to remain confined to the circumstances in which it was first created. A writer can return to it years later, see new possibilities and allow it to become something larger.

For Eiza, The Entity became one of those stories.

Book Blurb

He rules the dangerous, unfiltered dark; a lethal phantom moving through a world governed by blood, secrets, and raw power. She is a woman trapped in an expensive box, reduced to nothing more than a prized accessory in a hollow, glittering marriage. Her life is a gilded cage, beautiful on the outside, but suffocating from within.

When fate forces the Agent across her path, he recognizes the quiet desperation behind her polished facade. He doesn't offer comfort or empty promises; he offers something far more dangerous: a way out. He becomes the unexpected, lethal answer to her silent prayers, pulling her from the suffocating luxury she’s known and plunging her straight into his realm.

In trading one cage for another, she steps into a shadowy world where he holds all the cards and dictates every rule. But in the presence of a man this dangerous, freedom comes with a steep price, and falling for her savior might just be the most perilous gamble of all.

The Art of Straying from the Expected

Eiza enjoys taking familiar ideas and moving them somewhere unexpected.

She describes herself as someone who likes straying from canon and reshaping character roles while keeping something recognizable at the heart of them. That willingness to experiment has been part of her development as a writer.

Her creative process can be surprisingly spontaneous.

Another of her projects, Reason for War, was conceived in a hotel lobby on the same day she picked up a copy of The Art of War. She initially imagined taking the story in a much darker direction, before realizing that approach wasn't quite her style and changing the core storyline.

Her first original story, Hiding Place from Hell, was created without the foundation of an existing television or film property.

And while The Entity began from a very specific visual inspiration, Eiza has since taken the story well beyond that initial spark.

She also credits Toni Morrison as an important influence on her writing.

When Writing Becomes Personal

There is a common thread running through Eiza's creative journey: writing gives her a place to explore things that can be difficult to express in ordinary life.

Her stories allow her to experiment with identity, relationships, power and emotional vulnerability. They also give her room to step outside the limitations of everyday reality and imagine what might exist on the other side.

That may be one reason fan fiction can be such a powerful starting point for writers. It provides a familiar doorway.

From there, a writer can learn about voice, character, pacing and storytelling, and eventually discover what she / he wants to say in her / his own way.

For Eiza, that process has continued to evolve.

An Excerpt from The Entity

“What do you want in return?”

“In return?”

Why does everything that comes out of his mouth sound provocative and alluring? As if it’s a prelude to sex.

“You think it’s sex?”

“How prosaic. Is that what you want?”

I shook my head. “I…I have no idea why I said that.”

“Then it isn’t,” he whispers back.

A Story Still Unfolding

The Entity is still an evolving story, with Eiza continuing to work toward its conclusion. At the time of this feature, the story has reached Chapter 63.

For readers who enjoy following a story as it develops, that offers something special: the chance to discover the characters and their world while the journey is still unfolding.

There is something fitting about that for a story that itself has already changed so much since its beginnings.

What started as a very short piece has continued to grow.

The Stories We Keep Returning To

Perhaps one of the most interesting things about Eiza's writing journey is that she doesn't seem afraid to return to an idea and ask what else it might become.

A 699-word story can become a much larger manuscript.

A difficult period can become the beginning of a writing life.

A familiar inspiration can become the doorway into something a writer eventually makes her own.

That is part of what makes creative journeys so difficult to predict.

We often imagine that authors begin with a clear destination. In reality, many begin with a fragment: a character, an image, a feeling, a question ... and only discover the shape of the story by continuing to write.

Eiza L. Dimzon is still discovering that shape.

And The Entity is one of the stories that has travelled furthest from its original beginning.

Where to Find Eiza

Readers can follow Eiza L. Dimzon and discover more about her writing through her Facebook page.

A Final Thought

Writing doesn't always begin with knowing exactly what you want to say. Sometimes it begins with something that catches your attention. Sometimes it begins with a story borrowed from a familiar world.

And sometimes, years later, you return to that first idea and realize it still has somewhere to go.

For Eiza, The Entity began as a very small story. It has since grown into something much larger: a dark fantasy world of mythology, danger, desire and complicated relationships.

Perhaps that is one of the quiet privileges of being a writer:

You don't always have to know what a story will become. You simply have to keep listening when it asks you to continue.