Fantasy Literature

Reading Tad Williams: “The Witchwood Crown” (Book 1 of “The Last King of Osten Ard”)

Warning: Major Spoilers Follow At long last, I have finished The Witchwood Crown and let me tell you,…
Novel Weekends (6): Increments

Well, this weekend wasn’t quite as productive as I would have liked. I did publish a…
World Building (5): The Art of Binding

At the very beginning days of the Church, when philosophers and theologians were still disputing about…
Novel Weekends (5): World Building and a New Prologue

Two major accomplishments to report today. First, I published a blog post (which you can see…
World Building (4): The Theology and Cosmology of the (Western) Church–Part One

Much has been written of the beliefs of the Church, which has exercised such complete and…
Novel Weekends (4): An Outline Emerges

While I wanted to work this weekend on producing new material, I decided that I needed…
Novel Thoughts (2): On Genre

Some time ago, I thought I would write something “literary,” some great family saga of an…
World Building (3): On Korray

There are many competing legends and myths about the origin of the Korray, certainly one of…
Book Review: “The Black Elfstone”(Book 1 of “The Fall of Shannara”) by Terry Brooks

It’s a rare thing that I finish a book in three days, but that is just…
World Building (2): A Brief Description of the Imperium and the Imperators

At the time in which my novels are set, the continent of Aridikh is divided into…