The world of Maldene has quite a few sites both magical and dangerous, places of mystery, places of wondrous magic. But in all of Maldene, there is no place with more fearsome a reputation as that of Dalnosh Teyon… the Swamp of Doom. Located on an equatorial island that’s nearly all swamp, the Swamp …
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As this card indicates, the characters in our story have a long journey indeed, Maldene being a big place and all, not to mention everything in their way. So let’s take a quick look at some of those places that the Long Road will be taking them through. The Harbor of the World is …
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There is a particular symbol you may have found squirreled away on my site, or perhaps crammed onto the edge of one of my graphics or at the end of the Maldene book trailer. You’ll even see it etched into that weird map found at the end of the first Maldene novel. You’ll find it …
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Maldene contains many an unusual site, places unlike anywhere else. Amongst them is a location best described by two particular tarot cards. The Alchemist from the Greater Arcana is a card of transformation, while The Wizard indicates, quite obviously, mystical forces. The one place that best exemplifies …
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Amongst the many items of legend and myth circulating the world and stars of Maldene, there is one in particular that ranks amongst the most dangerous; dangerous because it is a very persnickety device, its origins murky at best. Its use is best exemplified by two particular cards of the Maldene Tarot. …
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Okay, so this is part writing tip, part rant. Generally I get excellent reviews for ‘Maldene’, but a couple of them also asked, “But where are all the character backstories?”, as if every character involved must have a backstory before Chapter Two. There’s just a few problems with that philosophy (besides ending up with things …
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There are a lot of Grand Epics in books, movies, and comics, the trick is to design them in such a way as to make them real to the reader. Believable enough within its own context to get the reader or viewer emotionally involved. Comic books have plenty of epic spectacle, but some of their …
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What you are looking at is The Map. Yes, this is the mysterious indesctructible map found in the bowels of Thïr Tÿorca in the third section of the first Maldene novel, and the reason for a new quest begun in “Maldene II: Mysteries Of Olde”. What does it mean? Well, for that part you’ll have …
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So, if you’ve been keeping track then you know I had a great new cover for Maldene Volume II commissioned, the second half of the first novel. Well, I’ve also been working on getting a proper conversion to ebook as well, the problem being one of the appendices. For you see, the end of this …
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On the world of Maldene, on the continent of Degaloth, there is a piece of terrain called The Strip Desert. So named because of its shape. A desert thousands of miles long that divides the fields and farmlands to the north from the jungles to the south, it keeps its fifteen-hundred mile width pretty uniform …
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