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A Look Behind the Languages of Isfalinis

  • Post published:May 29, 2019
  • Post category:Lore/On Isfalinis/On Writing

The world of Isfalinis, much like our own world, has many languages.  In “Tears from Iron” the most readily obvious language is that of the “Words of Power” used in…

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Behind the Pages: Fritten

  • Post published:May 22, 2019
  • Post category:Lore/On Isfalinis

Not a heroic figure like so many among the Kalilaer and Scions, Fritten is, in his own way, the most worthy of our pity. Captured at such a young age…

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Behind the Pages: Tazil

  • Post published:May 15, 2019
  • Post category:Lore/On Isfalinis

Tazil, High Lord of Raefi’ernyn, is an example of a character who grew to become much more than I’d originally envisioned. Other examples of this phenomena include Chostir and Talikae.…

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Keep a Journal

  • Post published:May 8, 2019
  • Post category:My Journey/On Writing

For this week I’m going to veer off my usual topics and make a more general appeal to everyone, whether you consider yourself a writer or not. If there is…

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The Author’s Dilemma: Who lives and who Dies

  • Post published:May 1, 2019
  • Post category:On Fantasy/On Writing

The fantasy genre tends to be violent. By its very nature, there are usually swords, sorcery, monsters, and dragons… or at least some variety thereof (although to be fair, fantasy…

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Divisions of the Aestari

  • Post published:April 24, 2019
  • Post category:Lore/On Isfalinis

Alone among the races, the children of blessed Ainii avoided the curse of aging death.  In the dawn of the world before time began, she shaped the Aestari as a…

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The Pilgrimage to the Boards

  • Post published:April 17, 2019
  • Post category:Lore/On Writing

One of the great joys in writing is when the story surprises you. Usually, this epiphany happens in the moment of writing, but sometimes it is only a thing you…

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Words that have Inspired Me

  • Post published:April 9, 2019
  • Post category:My Journey/On Fantasy/On Writing

After writing last week’s article about the quotes that head each of my chapters, I got to thinking about the real world quotes that have been meaningful to me.  I’ve…

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Concerning Chapter Quotes

  • Post published:April 4, 2019
  • Post category:On Writing

“And on that final day, Cydion, the Lord of Life and Death stood upon the Hill of Kensethir, triumphant over the broken bodies of the last of the Etyni.  Yet…

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Expanding onto Facebook and Reddit

  • Post published:March 29, 2019
  • Post category:My Journey/News

Rather than posting my usual article this week, I wanted to announce that I have expanded to Facebook and also onto Reddit. I tend to be a fairly quiet individual,…

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