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?
Lore from the Lost Age ~and~ A Thousand Words are Worth a Picture
I’ve always wished that I could draw. I can sketch maps, sure, but when it comes to pictures, especially of people, my aptitude ends with stick figures. Needless to say,…
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Lore from the Lost Age ~and~ A Thousand Words are Worth a Picture
I may not know what I’m talking about
Before I go any further, I think it is time for me to admit that I don’t necessarily know what I’m talking about. Or perhaps more accurately, I will observe…
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I may not know what I’m talking about
Combat is Boring
This is probably a heretical article title given that I’m a writer of military fantasy. Nevertheless, it is a common occurrence I’ve noticed in recent years. Good fighting scenes are…
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Combat is Boring
The Authorial Promise
I have a confession to make. I am still getting my ‘sea legs’ as a blog writer. I think a lot about the craft of writing. The profession fascinates me…
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The Authorial Promise
What Came First, the World or the Story?
I suspect for most authors and most books, the answer to this question is that the story created the world. Or perhaps a more accurate description would be that they…
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What Came First, the World or the Story?
Teaser: A Treatise on Creation and the Lost Age
Before there was life and breath, death and birth, Isfalinis, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the Etyni, there was His Highest Above and naught else. There was no…
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Teaser: A Treatise on Creation and the Lost Age
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