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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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My Interview With Monica Brinkman

Today I spoke with Monica Brinkman, author of “The Turn Of The Karmic Wheel”. We talked about her book, about writing, about passion, and then she read an excerpt from her novel, followed by some Q and A with the attendees that was at least as much fun as the interview itself. So go to …

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W. J. Rosser Interview Now Available

Today on Author Talk I spoke with author W. J. Rosser. We talked a lot about the craft of writing, the different styles, as well as motivations for doing this stuff in the first place. About 10 minutes in there was a technical glitch that prevented us from hearing one another, so I had to …

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Cristina Istrati Interviews Me On Blog Hop

Recently Cristina Istrati interviewed me about myself and my book, Maldene as part of her Blog Hop event. What follows is the text of that interview. 1) What is the Title of your book? “Maldene: Volume One” It’s actually the first half of the first novel, “Maldene”, just divided into 2 volumes since it’s a …

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Places On Maldene: My-Thov

The world of Maldene is a big world with some big continents, but none so big as mighty My-Thov. Home to a wide range of terrain, it is also a key area strategically and hence one of the first places to be targeted by our resident bad-guy, Miro. The Great Desert can be as dangerous …

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Kenneth Weene Interview Is Up!

My interviewed with Kenneth Weene, author of Memoirs From The Asylum, Red And White, and even some poems, is now up on the Author Talk Audio Page. This one went a little over an hour and probably could have gone longer if I’d let it, simply because we were having that much fun. Anyway, should …

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Interview With Blood Chronicles Author S. B. Knight

Today I interviewed S. B. Knight, author of The Blood Chronicles. We talked horror, how REAL vampires should be written, and his about-to-be-released second book in The Blood Chronicles, and just had a whole lot of fun. So much so that this interview came out at around a full hour before we had to cut …

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What Defines Epic Fantasy

Recently I saw a discussion online asking what makes Epic Fantasy. Of course I posted my onw opinion- being the author of something that is easily considered epic in scope- and one or two of the responses seemed a bit… limiting. One answer was along the lines of basing Epic Fantasy very strictly on Tolkein, …

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Writing Tips: Designing An Alien Culture

In the course of writing a fantasy or science fiction story, the subject of alien cultures inevitably raises its head. The reader expects them and so as the writer it is your job to design some good ones. So, where to start? How do I design a culture that is alien enough and that the …

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