In my Maldene series, The Farlands almost becomes a running gag. An out of the way little continent so backwards that a crossbow is considered a major artifact and the only natives are for the most part descendants of someone that got shipwrecked there long ago. So, why bother having a place like that? What …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: Miro
Miro is the Big Bad of all Big Bads, the villain of the multiverse of Maldene. But what inspired me to create him? where do the components of this ultimate villain come from? Let’s take just a little peak behind the curtain and see. Growing up, I loved seeing movies with great villains, but after …
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Full Color Map Coming Soon
Well, I’ve finally done it. I’ve generated a full color coded map of Maldene, complete with new higher-res map symbols, all the oceans now named, and all sorts of little extras. My next step is to figure out what to do with it. Make it available for registered users only? Maybe have it as an …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: Tedelnosho
Tedelnosho is the Maldene name for The Great Whirlpool. Actually if you consult the dictionary in the back of the book, the literal translation is “really big hole in the water”. So, what’s the behind the scenes stuff on this? Well, first it WAs indeed inspired by our only Earthly bermuda Triangle, only I wanted …
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Maldene Behind The Scenes: The Sea of A Thousand Islands.
This is a new series of articles wherein I give a little inside peek to where some of the ideas for the places, people, and plots for Maldene came from. A quick little tour of the inside of my mind. An odd place, so be careful of where you step. For this first installment, I …
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Corrected Sarah Stuart Link
Seems as Word Press won’t allow me to update or delete some posts, so I have to post here the correct link to the Author Talk Audio Page in case you couldn’t find it. The link from there to the interview is still correct.
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Sarah Stuart Interview Is FINALLY up!
Today I interviewed Sarah Stuart, a soon-to-be author and practitioner/teacher of NLP, Zen, faith healing (as in the healing of one’s faith, not the laying on of hands stuff), emotional well being, and unbeliever in the concept of limits (here here!), and an all around fun and interesting person to be around. Listen to what …
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Writing Tips: Eccentric Characters
Every story has them, or at least every GOOD story has them. That one eccentric character with the quirk or odd way of behaving that draws him out to the reader’s eyes. A character that adds flavor and some fun to the telling of the tale. The eccentric character. First let’s clear something up. Eccentric …
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Characters Of Maldene: Quickfoot And Blag-ak
Two of the characters of the epic Maldene cannot be told of separately, for they run together much like Mutt and Jeff of the comics of old. An odd team, they are part beloved characters and part comic relief. Blag-ak is a large ogre with a vocabulary that only allows him to utter about four …
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My Interview with Jay Allan Luboff
Today I interviewed spiritual fiction author Jay Allan Luboff, creator of The Harry Pond Adventures. My first guest who had been to Tibet, and has been on a spiritual quest most of his life. Now he has an enjoyable adventure-filled romp with angels, dark forces, and a unicorn to spice things up. So give it …
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