July 11, 2016Characters, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Confession and a Throwback Post About Fantasy Heroes I have some good news and some bad news. First, the bad (because it’s always best to get it out of the […]
January 29, 2016Books, Characters, Fantasy, Fantasy Friday A Hobbit, a Quest, and the Danger of Comfort Are you like Bilbo Baggins? When we first meet this homely hobbit, he’s…you guessed it. At home, enjoying his quiet, comfortable life […]
January 15, 2016Fantasy, Fantasy Friday A Modern Quest When someone says the word “quest,” what do you think of? Frodo’s journey to Mount Doom? Caspian’s seafaring voyage to locate the […]
June 24, 2015Author Life, Fantasy My Writing Journey Feels Like Frodo’s Quest What do a furry-footed hobbit and a weird, geeky dude have in common? An epic journey. One, a quest of destruction. The […]
June 19, 2015Fantasy, Fantasy Friday, Speculative Fiction Would You Survive on a Fantasy Quest? I’ve heard that what we hate in real life—conflict, tension, villains—we love in fiction. If that’s true, it stands to reason that […]