So at last we come to Luthiel…

SPOILER WARNING!!! 

Orphaned at Flir Light Hollow under mysterious circumstances, we discover a number of things about her in the first book that call into question her background and deeper nature. Raised by elves, she’s always seen as somewhat different. (more…)

Dear Friends,

“The War of Mists” is developing apace. We have a final draft and, at the moment, my wife and I are going back and forth with it. She’s a stickler for grammar and very good at recognizing what works and what doesn’t in a story. She’s a voracious reader and can blow through one book the size of a “Deathly Hallows” in a day. So I’m doing my best to be smart and pay total attention to her feedback. (more…)

Continued from Submissions/Rejections

Looking back, I don’t really know what madness possessed me to take such risks. In all honesty, it’s the same madness that keeps me here working on Luthiel’s Song still. Part of it must be love for the thing. The other part, just determination to make it where I’m headed. Hopefully the top of that mountain. Or at least the next foothill.

But I did the crazy thing. The mad thing Ray Bradbury wrote about when he talked of jumping off cliffs and trying to build a set of wings before hitting ground. (more…)

Continued from Death and Rewriting,

So now that I had a finished manuscript in hand what was I to do?

The standard, well accepted, way to enter the literary world is to submit and then professionally publish your book. So after finishing Luthiel’s Song I tried. (more…)

Dear Friends,

The fantasy group I moderate on myspace called Luthiel’s Fantasy Group Luthiel’s Fantasy Group has been hacked. For those of you who love this group or who love fantasy in general, I’m asking you to lend your sword to my cause. (more…)