We’re in the thick of it now, friends. By “it”, I mean the final stages of writing my next novel,…
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Here There Be Dragons
Someday, I am going to write a very long thank-you note to Cressida Cowell. For those of you who have…
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Centaurs: NOT Just Party Ponies
Centaurs are seriously misunderstood creatures. Not universally, of course. C. S. Lewis understood them, as he did a great many…
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This Novel Is Brought to You by Griffins
It all started with a griffin. Love. As I mentioned in my recent post Myth Matters, I have a bit…
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Home-Work; or, Poetry Strikes Again
Working from home can be a tricky business. Someone asked me the other day how the whole writing thing works…
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Story-Baker
Author, Poet, Story-Baker. That’s what it says on my business cards. Behold. If you’ve been kicking around this blog for…
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The End of the Story (and the Beginning of All the Others)
We have come, at last, to the conclusion of the tale “How I Became R. A. Nelson”. Last week’s post…
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The Dark Before Dawn
Though last week’s chapter in the tale “How I Became R. A. Nelson” was a tribute to the unexpected richness…
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Frodo Lives: An Author’s Awakening
Today we pick up the tale of “How I Became R. A. Nelson” in high school. I was beginning to…
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Gatekeeper III: Another Beginning
The third book is a bit different. It is, in my opinion, the best in the trilogy. For one thing,…
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