Tag Archives: fantasy

Help me name the “Shadow Trilogy”!

I’m currently writing Song of the Shadow, the first book in what I hope to make a fantasy trilogy. (To see more about the plot, visit this post and scroll down.) The other two books will be named Shadows in the Dark and Until the Shadows Flee Away. My problem is that I don’t have a nameContinueContinue reading “Help me name the “Shadow Trilogy”!”

20 things that prove you’re obsessed with LOTR

Ages ago a friend and I made a list of more than 250 things that prove you’re obsessed with The Lord of the Rings: well, here are 20 of mine. Most of them are taken from my personal experience. (Hmm, what about all of them?) Any word that looks like it’s from LOTR catches yourContinueContinue reading “20 things that prove you’re obsessed with LOTR”

Tuesdays with Tolkien: The Greyscale

Tolkien is often blamed for creating black and white characters. Either they’re completely on the good side, or they’re completely on the bad side, and for this reason there are a ton of other authors who are way better at characterization that Tolkien is. When I come across assertions such as these, I find themContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: The Greyscale”

Tuesdays with Tolkien: Put No Trust in Shifting Visions

In Middle-earth, there are various ways of seeing things far away both in distance and in time – the palantíri and Galadriel’s Mirror, to name two. But whilst all this may suggest to some that Tolkien was promoting such activity, which resembles fortunetelling and other such occult activities, in fact it is quite the opposite. J.R.R. Tolkien inContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: Put No Trust in Shifting Visions”

Excerpts from Seascape #8: “Why should men die?”

As part of my learning curve using KDP to publish Seascape, I ran into a snag which resulted in it publishing Seascape to the Kindle store just too late to run the free days starting today! It’s available on Kindle now, but won’t be free till tomorrow. In the meantime, we could turn this into a historical re-enactment.ContinueContinue reading “Excerpts from Seascape #8: “Why should men die?””

SEASCAPE Cover Reveal

The cover design for Seascape is finalised and ready to go! I think this is beautiful and I can’t wait to see it printed. A big thank you to everyone who took the time to give feedback and suggestions for improving the cover – I appreciated it a lot! All that fifteen-year-old Einur Landman has left inContinueContinue reading “SEASCAPE Cover Reveal”

Excerpts from Seascape #5: The Sea Fairy

From Chapter Twelve Einur watched him departing, too worn out to move. His legs softened, then folded under him. “Hey you!” His head flew up. “Yes, you!” Somehow he got once again to his feet and took off. Twice he glanced behind him; his pursuers were not far away. He closed his eyes and tookContinueContinue reading “Excerpts from Seascape #5: The Sea Fairy”