When I wrote my final book of the trilogy The Chosen One of Allivar – Last Stand of the Living, I wanted to write the largest battle scene possible. Since my story has to do with mortal and immortals, there are two battles taking place. The one we can see […]
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Why do I love Arimar? He had filled the dreams of my youth and appeared to me now past my prime, yet something draws me near to him. He has brought no army to free the enslaved, yet I trust him nonetheless. He fought for the soul of my sister, […]
As I stand here overlooking the forces amassed against us, I ask how did it come to this? I have now journeyed for two years and have faced evil at every turn. Somehow I survived my journey north and freed those enslaved by King Yubal and aided in the freeing […]
Have you ever considered the fall of your own world? My trilogy, The Chosen One of Allivar, is such a story. Because I drafted the premise as a mythology, it had to have the basic elements of a mythology which are: The creation story, The development of mortal thought and […]
I am going to go out on a limb here in the hopes of learning from fellow authors and readers. If you read that a novel was influenced by Christian, Jewish or Islamic faith, would you immediately discard reading the book? The reason I ask this is that many stories […]
I am currently on my fourth book of a nineteen story mythology. I have already completed a trilogy which by itself stands alone as very entertaining and though provoking read. This fourth book is an expansion of the history contained in the first nine chapters of the first book of […]
When I began drafting the mythological world of Allivar in the year 2000, I wanted to create a complex, yet original universe of characters, races, worlds, monsters, etc. Leading the way to my influence I turned to my lack of knowledge of mythology. I had enjoyed Greek and Roman mythology […]
Ever since I was a small child I was fascinated by monsters. Whether it was those that appeared in B-rated movies, or in novels, the battle between mortals and these monsters enthralled me. Usually I felt it was impossible for the hero to defeat such forces, but somehow they always […]
I was recently asked on Twitter about my book covers for my mythical trilogy – The Chosen One of Allivar. How were they made? Where did the idea come from? I sketched art for most of my early life. I also wanted to become an architect, so visual imagination comes […]
Today’s A to Z writing challenge is the letter “S” for Slavery. Here is a definition: the condition of bondage. a state of subjection. severe toil; drudgery. In my mythology, “The Chosen One of Allivar”, all of the seven living races are bound into slavery by the actions of a […]