Fantasy is the ultimate form of escapism in literature. Your characters can be anyone, do anything. They don`t even have to be human. The fantasy genre allows our imaginations to run riot through time, space and other planes of existence. The history, politics, and science that define our reality don’t constrain the inhabitants of fantastic …
Curtains. Belly up. Passing away. Pushing up daisies. It’s the one subject everyone will face but no one wants to talk about. So much so that we have a thousand ways to say it without ever saying the word: death. But what is it about ‘freeing one’s horse’ that intimidates us into glib euphemisms or …
We all love a well-written character, don’t we? For me, there’s nothing worse than a story with a great plot that never pulls me in because I can’t relate to or sympathize with the characters. I can’t count the number of times I put a book down because the two-dimensional characters weren’t believable enough to …
“Why do you write?” I have to admit, the question caught me off guard when a friend of mine asked me the other day. I’m embarrassed to say I’d never thought much about why I write. I’ve never tried to make any money with it. I don’t keep to a particular schedule of any kind. …
I am not a Viking. My hands have never known violence or taken what wasn’t theirs to take.
