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Who were the Wildmen?

  • Post published:November 5, 2018
  • Post category:Lore/On Isfalinis

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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Lore from the Lost Age ~and~ A Thousand Words are Worth a Picture

  • Post published:October 29, 2018
  • Post category:Lore/My Journey/On Isfalinis

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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I may not know what I’m talking about

  • Post published:October 22, 2018
  • Post category:On Writing

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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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