Blog – Page 9 – Jonathan Oldenburg

Combat is Boring

Post published:October 16, 2018
Post category:On Fantasy / On Writing

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…

The Authorial Promise

Post published:September 24, 2018
Post category:On Writing

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…

What Came First, the World or the Story?

Post published:September 2, 2018
Post category:On Isfalinis / On Writing

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…

Teaser: A Treatise on Creation and the Lost Age

Post published:August 30, 2018
Post category:Lore

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…