I am about to dig deep into a thought no one should ever have to delve into, and that is rape. Over the course of the last month we have had two shows depicting rape that have unsettled viewers: one from Game of Thrones and the other from Outlander. Now […]
All things Allivar
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At the heart of my mythology is a story of the mortal family including our races, our young, our old and those that are so much very different from ourselves. I created the character Bothar, a giant who is not fully developed mentally. Arimar selects Bothar to be his guide […]
J.R.R. Tolkien once said his works could not be made into a film. Of course the technology at the time was not sufficient for the grandeur of his imagination. The movie trilogy is said by some to have stripped the deeper meanings of his stories to appeal to the 15-25 […]
I visited with my sister this weekend and we spoke about my trilogy. She has a masters degree in creative writing. She has tried to read my trilogy but states all the other authors and editors do not write the way I write. That you must hook people quickly into […]
A few days ago I blogged about the role of faith in an epic high fantasy story. Now, if I mentioned faith and sacrifice in the same sentence would you automatically think, “Oh no, here comes a Jesus Christ reference!” Think for a moment of a soldier. A soldier is […]
Since late 2011, I have been promoting my trilogy, The Chosen One of Allivar. The story is a mythology which requires creation, life and end of times. I’ve sold quite a few, but reviews and ratings have been very, very difficult to receive. I’ve been told it is very good, […]
I am in the midst of writing a mythology that will consist of nineteen stories. Nineteen has no significant meaning, but here is why there are nineteen: A trilogy (The Chosen One of Allivar) with the brief history of creation of ten heavenly worlds and through the first six ages […]
As an author that loves the romantic ideal of the legends from the medieval period, I routinely scope out various words in Twitter that illicit a response from those that engage in this social media. This process allows me to get a glimpse of what our current society is all […]
As an author and self-publisher, I do it all, including all technology duties. Recently, one of my reader’s suggested I provide images of my creations. This would help them visualize the characters and demons. I truly love to leave such issues to the imagination of the reader, but if a […]
We live in an era of heightened preconception: An opinion or conception formed in advance of adequate knowledge or experience. In other words, we are as prejudiced as ever. No matter how hard I try to explain most do not understand the difference between a spiritually based story and one […]