Hello, my fellow bookworms! Read an Ebook Week is here! This exciting event from March 5-11, 2023 encourages readers to download books, either at a discount or even free at Smashwords! Included are my books, The Gathering Storm; … { Read More }
What is noblebright fantasy? I say opposite of grimdark. It does not deny the darkness or pretend it does not exist. Such tales can contain plenty of it, but like the realization that comes to Sam as he sees the … { Read More }
Welcome back to Fantasy Friday! “You, Catwin, no longer exist. You no longer have a fate of your own, a will of your own, or indeed a soul of your own. You will go where Miriel goes, you will watch … { Read More }
Enjoy this trailer for The Gathering Storm! If you haven’t already picked up your copy and this trailer makes you really want to, my book is part of an epic fantasy group promo showcasing many different authors that runs July 15-August … { Read More }
As long as we could speak and realize we had a mind and intelligence and a need to explain to ourselves and to others the world around us, we have told stories. For things we have not understood like the … { Read More }
J. R. R. Tolkien speaks of a subject close to his heart in his lecture and essay, “On Fairy-Stories.” He approaches this not just as an admirer or literary critic but as an author of such himself. He had a … { Read More }
I propose to speak about fairy-stories, though I am aware that this is a rash adventure. Faërie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold. And overbold I may be accounted. … { Read More }
