Tag Archives: fantasy

Hero Teaser Excerpt: Luke Callindor the Aspiring Hero

This is part of Luke Callindor’s debut in Legends of Windemere: Beginning of a Hero available on Amazon Kindle for 99 cents.

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A Cavalcade of Goals and Updated Hopeteller Cover

This is being done in advance again because I’ll be at a petting zoo with the toddler by the time this goes live.  Same thing with all the tweets this weekend.  It’s been quite a few weekends where I’m busy … Continue reading

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Gods Fall or Deity’s Doom or A Title that Doesn’t Suck

If anyone was paying attention yesterday, they might have noticed I came up with an idea in mid-skit.  I was as surprised as the characters on that one.  I’ve had Solar the All God in mind and notes for years, … Continue reading

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Casual Chat of the Gods (of Windemere)

Gabriel (God of Destiny)- What is that noise? Zaria (Goddess of Purity)-  It’s music from Earth.  I like it. Uli (Goddess of Elven Warriors & Forests)- I prefer their older works.  This is too loud and fast for my tastes.  … Continue reading

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Afterlife in Windemere

The afterlife of Windemere has yet to come up because it really isn’t a focus of the Legends of Windemere series.  There is an interesting history about it, but that appears more in a later series.  Key point: The God … Continue reading

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Building a Balanced Afterlife

There are so many parts to creating a fictional afterlife that works for your world and it’s different for every person.  You really have to work for believability, consistency, and impact if you want to include this.  To be honest, … Continue reading

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Gods ‘R Us: Deities for Your Every Need

Welcome to Gods ‘R Us!  We have all the deities you need.  Sorry about the stairs, but our products need to be kept in high altitudes.  What do we do about the water gods?  Well, we have a really big … Continue reading

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Legends of Windemere Vol. 1-4 Giveaway! 2 People Can Win All 4 Paperbacks!

(The widget didn’t work, so I’m going to keep this up as a sticky post until the end of June.  Thank you to everyone who enters the contest and spreads the word.)   Goodreads Book Giveaway Family of the Tri-Rune … Continue reading

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Religion and the Afterlife in Fantasy Fiction

A central part to many fantasy worlds are the gods and religions.  I went over this long ago here, which explained the various systems I’d seen in fantasy.  This time I’m going to briefly talk about the afterlife and open … Continue reading

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Origins: The Krypters

For anyone who has read the blurb for Family of the Tri-Rune, you’ve heard of the Krypters.  They are the ravenous undead that appear around Hero’s Gate and cause a lot of trouble.  This is their story . . . … Continue reading

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