This blog hop is designed to show our readers a more personal side to ourselves. We’ve been challenged by another author/ blogger (somewhat like the ‘ice bucket’ challenge) to list seven interesting facts to help cast light onto that tough writer’s/ blogger’s persona we all like to project. But we want to show that behind […]
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Angela steps into Bergen’s blog…
The lights are out. The bar feels…different. Angela conducts the infamous shifty-eyed inspection: left, right, left. Bergen is nowhere in sight, but the tension weighs too heavily on her shoulders. Something is most definitely up. She takes one step, and the 240-pound Viking prince plow-drives the writer to the floor and all goes dark. […]
A note about a Norsemen’s honor
In Nordic cultures, honor meant much more than dignity or respect. It determined a man’s credibility and dictated the level of respect he would receive. It defined a man’s reputation, which, in turn, determined how much property he could own. All Norsemen were born into a status, not unlike a caste system where they […]
Regarding the Dvergar
No subject proved more diverse in the research than that I did for the Dvergar. The wide amount of speculation spanning a millennium, allowed for a considerable amount of liberal translation than any other subject used for my story. Prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia (995 C.E.–1,000 C.E.) the stories and legends around the four […]
Into The Woods Movie Review
Shove over, Bergen! I need to vent! I just wrote a review for the movie, Into The Woods by Stephen Sondheim. I grew up with the movie starring Bernadette Peters and have seen two live versions one of which was done by Ithaca College. The other was on an off-Broadway show in New York. My […]
“I have an announcement!” Bergen says.
Announcing the writing of Bergen’s own series because his ego is too large to fit in my 160,000 word fantasy.
C.H.O.I.C.E.
I laid flat against the wall. I could hear his labored breath. He was as tired as I. The forest did much to hide me among the foliage and ferns, but I feared my own heartbeat would give away my position. If I moved, he would find me. I knew this. I positioned my paint […]
Deleted Chapter 51 – Author Edition
Here it is. My first deleted chapter. This is a chapter I wrote to explain the history behind my story. When you factor in the amount of research I did, I would guess I spent nearly six months writing this chapter. But alas, nearly five months out from publishing, I have decided to cut it. […]
FAQ’s
How do you pronounce “Kallan”? “Ka” sounds like the “Kha” in “Khan” without the “n”. And “llan” rhymes with “on”. The emphasis is on the “Ka” so it reads like “KHA-lon” Are there elves and dwarfs in Dolor and Shadow? Yes. There are elves and dwarfs in Dolor and Shadow. My elves are called the […]