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Teaser Tuesday: Before They Were Friends #fantasy #adventure

Enjoy the first meeting between Luke Callindor and Nyx from Legends of Windemere: Prodigy of Rainbow Tower! “We’re already here. I’m just going to knock,” Luke says, easily freeing his arm. “You don’t knock on a caster tower,” Fritz hisses in … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Putting Robots in Fantasy: Put Down the Pitchforks!

This can be a little controversial at times because many people don’t want robots to be anywhere near fantasy.  A big difference between science fiction and fantasy is that one has high tech and the other has magic.  Not exclusively, … Continue reading

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Immortal Wars: The Summoning Part 1 #fiction #throwback

Disclaimer: Immortal Wars was the book I came up with and wrote in high school.  I hadn’t even hit college by the time I wrote the first two books.  That means I hadn’t developed my style yet, wasn’t good at … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Power of the Mercenary Queen #fantasy #adventure

Welcome back to Teaser Tuesday.  Let’s start off the new year with some action from Beginning of a Hero.  In fact, I’m going to stick to action scenes and pick one from each of my novels.  This will include Legends of Windemere, Quest … Continue reading

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Immortal Wars: The Origins

Next Thursday, I will put up the first section of Immortal Wars: The Summoning and continue until it is all up on the blog.  This is replacing ‘Bedlam’ and I will have the sequel coming too.  Today, I’m going to give … Continue reading

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Nothing Planned . . . Might As Well Ask For More Volunteers

With Derailing Bedlam done and Immortal Wars not starting for a bit, I have nothing really planned for today.  Almost didn’t realize this also.  In the midst of writing too, so I don’t want to get into anything complicated.  That leaves me … Continue reading

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Legends Revisited: Baron Arthuru Kernaghan the Forgotten Warlord #fantasy #adventure

While he didn’t show up a lot, the Legends of Windemere wouldn’t have gone anywhere without Baron Arthuru Kernaghan.  He typically only appeared in prologues with a few mid-book scenes until I reached the 12th book.  Even then, he only got a … Continue reading

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Magic Vs Psychic: Are They Interchangeable?

Magical Powers–  The use of arcane energy to get results and effects. Psychic Powers–  The use of mental energy to get results and effects. Those are the two fields boiled down to their basic definitions.  You can have some overlap … Continue reading

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Revisiting Legends: Kira Grasdon the Tortured Soul #fantasy #adventure

Within the pages of Legends of Windemere, one character will always stand out to me as the wild card.  The reason is because she was unexpected, but she also developed a really big love/hate relationship with readers.  Some seemed to hate … Continue reading

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War of Nytefall: Eradication Volunteers Needed!

Here’s my first call for anyone who wishes to help promote War of Nytefall: Eradication.  This is the 4th book of my vampire series.  To be clear, nearly every character is a vampire and it follows the events surrounding the appearance … Continue reading

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