Don’t Edit to Music
When I write, I enjoy listening to music. It is a great aid to transitioning from the toils and distractions of modern day life to the mystical land of Isfalinis…
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Don’t Edit to Music
Happy New Year – Calendars of Isfalinis
With the arrival of our own new year, it seemed appropriate to discuss the cataloguing of time in the World of Isfalinis. The four races (Bergrist, Human, Aestari, and Ie’dhae)…
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Happy New Year – Calendars of Isfalinis
Merry Christmas
I’ve always been intrigued by contrasts, particularly, the play between light and darkness. I imagine this is hardly unique as such symbolism permeates imagery, literary and otherwise. I would hardly…
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Merry Christmas
Behind the Pages: Yrpel
The second character I’d like to look at is our quintessential barbarian, Yrpel. Or is he? It is my impression that barbarians are victims of stereotype. This doubtless relates to…
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Behind the Pages: Yrpel
Behind the Pages: Chostir
Periodically, I’d like to bring insights on what brought various aspects of “Tears from Iron” and the world of Isfalinis to be. As a reader, I’ve enjoyed some of Christopher…
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Behind the Pages: Chostir
Are Writers Groups Helpful?
My answer to this question is a cautious sometimes. A group’s value depends upon what you personally need and, even more heavily, upon where you are in your writer’s journey. …
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Are Writers Groups Helpful?
Thanks.
Writing is, by its nature, a solitary and sometimes lonely task. Yet the undertaking doesn’t occur in a vacuum. There are those whose influence helped to shape and mold the…
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Thanks.
Why did I write “Tears from Iron”?
“Tears from Iron” first came to life on the return drive from a writer’s conference in Vancouver, WA during the summer of 2012. That conference included workshops where we critiqued…
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Why did I write “Tears from Iron”?
Humanity’s Descent into Cataclysm
With last week’s discussion on where the Wildmen Tribes came from, I thought it might be interesting to choose a particular family and follow them over several generations from the…
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Humanity’s Descent into Cataclysm
Who were the Wildmen?
According to Aestarin records, there were about seventy major human kingdoms in the latter days of the Lost Age. Many of these were all but eradicated by volcanic fire or…
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Who were the Wildmen?