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Bergen Interviews His Author
“Hi! I’m Bergen,” says the 6’2’’ Viking Prince with a lax grin. “I am the author’s main character—” “You are not the main character.” Angela cuts Bergen off and throws a warning glare his way. Bergen scoffs and rolls his eyes. “I was supposed to be,” Bergen insists and continues. “To get started on Angela’s […]
Dimension
Dimension. A writer begins with a blank page. Like canvas. Empty. They add a name. A description is soon attached to the name. But the dark haired, lapis blue eyed female elf named Kallan is only just that. A name with a face. You still don’t care about her. You still don’t see her world. […]
Food and Spices of the Middle Ages
I just filled my new salt shaker. When I was done, I looked at the pile of salt—about 1 ounce—in my sink. I turned on the water and washed it down the drain. Down the drain. I felt sick to my stomach. Six months ago, I had finished researching the history on spices in Medieval […]
Interview with Monique Rangel
Monique Rangel just posted my interview! I love how well these two excerpts came out. Tell us about your up and coming fantasy novel, Dolor and Shadow. Dolor and Shadow is a dark fantasy that launches the Tales of the Drui series. It is about the elven witch Kallan, the Dokkalfar princess with magical powers […]
History vs. Fantasy
When I wrote Dolor and Shadow I wanted a Fantasy that started here on Earth…in Norway to be exact—the culture who gave us elves—and expanded into the myth from whence the elves were birthed. That drew me to Norse mythology. With Dolor and Shadow toggling between the fantasy and reality, I had to watch where […]
Jelling Stones
I adore history and decided to insert a lot of little treasures into Dolor and Shadow while I researched the project. One of my favorite scenes in Dolor and Shadow—Chapter 53—was the one I wrote around the Jelling (pronounced “Yelling”) Stones (pictured below). In the 9th Century, the king of Denmark, Harald “Bluetooth” Gormson, erected […]
Ogham Runes
One of the oldest writing system in existence are the Ogham runes from Ireland. It’s quite stunning. We have only a few rune stones with this writing. Some hypothesize that the writing itself had no sound to it. It only was used to communicate ideas instead of representing a sound like today’s writing system. In […]
Kallan and Coffee
A brief outline of Kallan’s psyche and thoughts on being a writer while I have my morning coffee.
Tales of the Drui (Dark Fantasy)
Beyond the world, far across the sea, there is a land where the gods live deep in the ground and they call it Under Earth. There they built their realm from Seidr. There they hunt for the Drui who betrayed them. During the first war when the two clans of gods battled for Midgard, the […]