Jan 1, 2019 | Book Covers, Book five, eBooks, fantasy, New releases |
I’m excited to share with you the cover for The Sixth Strand, A Pattern of Shadow & Light Book Five. Let me know how you like it. If nothing else, hopefully this helps whet your appetite for all things Alorin. The Sixth Strand will be released on June 15th,...
May 11, 2018 | Book five, fantasy, Plot Development, Story Concepts, Uncategorized, writing |
Dearest readers: I have emerged from the singularity called Alorin to discover that six months have passed since I last updated you on the progress of book five (a fact which more than many of you have recently pointed out). I guess it’s time for an...
Jun 17, 2017 | Book five, Character Development, fantasy, Plot Development, Story Concepts, writing |
Once upon a time I had a dream, a dream of a book, a book to complete a fantasy series, a fantasy series to please fantasy readers, reading the completed book of this series from this erstwhile dream. If this sounds oddly wistful, it’s rather a reflection of my state...
Apr 6, 2016 | Book four, fantasy, Kingdom Blades, New releases, Organic writing, writing |
Since I’m being asked this question many times a day in tones varying from polite interest to downright exasperation, I’m getting the idea that people might appreciate knowing where Kingdom Blades stands in the lengthy process that begins with my transcribing the...
Dec 26, 2015 | Excerpts, fantasy, Kingdom Blades |
I’m not sure what inspired me this year (maybe your calls through the ether have reached me subliminally), but it occurred to me that one way I could express my gratitude to you, my readers, is by posting a couple of chapters from Kingdom Blades, the...
Oct 19, 2015 | Book Three, Cephrael's Hand, Character Development, fantasy, Kingdom Blades, Paths of Alir, Philosophy, Sexuality, The Dagger of Adendigaeth, Themes |
Some of you have written in asking me about the presentation and treatment of homosexuality in my novels. You pointed out that the majority of incidents involving homosexual characters portray those characters as being evil. You indicated to me that in presenting...
