The 1980 Rankin/Bass animated version of The Return of the King isn't without its flaws, but it is lovable in spite of them. And it also has this earwormy song! I often find myself humming it when I'm feeling overwhelmed by a Work in Progress, or writing up one on my WIP-it Wednesdays. ;-) I've... Continue Reading →
Art-Tastic Tuesday: ‘Charge of the Rohirrim’ by Even Amundsen
Click the picture below for full-size. On Art-Tastic Tuesdays I feature a selected piece of visual art that I have come across. These are pieces that have inspired my writing or beautifully frame some concept or another that I have already written or want to write about. I present them without commentary so they may... Continue Reading →
Art-Tastic Tuesday: The Glance of Glaurung by Alexey Rudikov
Click the picture below for full-size. On Art-Tastic Tuesdays I feature a selected piece of visual art that I have come across. These are pieces that have inspired my writing or beautifully frame some concept or another that I have already written or want to write about. I present them without commentary so they may... Continue Reading →
Keeping the Darkness at Bay
I’ve been working on fiction as much as I can given the brutal weather in my corner of the United States. I’m used to snow and cold, but over the last two weeks we have had a storm an average of every other day… my house currently looks like the Rebel Base on Hoth. Then... Continue Reading →
Constructed Nouns in Fantasy: An Orc by Any Other Name Would Smell Just as Bad
Character and place names in fantasy fiction can be a headache. A friend of mine once quipped that the surefire way to write a great fantasy novel was “to have a dark-lord, a wizard and make every fifth word unpronounceable.” Sadly, it was J. R. R. Tolkien who got the ball rolling on this trend,... Continue Reading →
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