In any fantasy setting derived in whole or in part from a historical setting—such as Game of Thrones or my own Eschaton Cycle—the author must constantly weigh concerns of accessibility for modern readers, historical accuracy, and the needs of the story. In line…
Giles Kristian had been on my radar for a while, but I tend to drift to fantasy over historical fiction most of the time, so I hadn’t read any of his work until I saw this. Almost from the first…
The very name of my universe, the Eschaton Cycle, implies a cycle of recurring apocalypses over different time periods. Each of these time periods I call an era. I think anyone who’s read more than a bit of my Eschaton…
Lots of us are stuck at home. Why not be stuck at home with a dragon? Here’s a sample of the forthcoming audiobook for The Radiance of Alfheim, complete with awesome performance by Ulf Bjorklund.
When I was a very small kid, my Dad read The Hobbit to me. Very soon, I was reading it, and The Lord of the Rings with him. Dad wasn’t a huge fantasy nut like me, but he liked Tolkien.…
A while ago, noted writer (and teacher of writers) David Farland wrote a series of emails on magic systems in fantasy. It was an interesting read. He mentions the current king of magic systems (his former student) Brandon Sanderson. Sanderson…
I was really little when my dad read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to me. Young enough, Mom claims that, when they transferred me to my big boy bed, I was crying “it burns, it freezes,” like Gollum. Shit you not.…