Myth Archives - R. A. Nelson

Since this Thunderclap series is in no particular order, the jump from Hiccup & Toothless to John Steinbeck shouldn’t be…

An Interview with the Author

Well, hi there, readers! It certainly has been a while. My apologies for the fortnight of silence; ’twas unintentional, and…

There are times when running can be absolute bliss. (There are, of course, also times when it can be the…

In my recent post Beloved Insignificant, I pondered the importance of so-called “small things”. Flowing seamlessly together with such musings…

One of the great mysteries of life is that inexplicable, undeniable link between poetic inspiration and mowing the lawn. I…

Writing the tale of the Unicorn was, as they say, a horse of a different color. As I described in…

Someday, I am going to write a very long thank-you note to Cressida Cowell. For those of you who have…

Centaurs are seriously misunderstood creatures. Not universally, of course. C. S. Lewis understood them, as he did a great many…

It all started with a griffin. Love. As I mentioned in my recent post Myth Matters, I have a bit…