I am calling all beta readers to help make "The Princess of Aenya" the greatest book it can be. Similar to a video game play tester, a beta reader helps authors as they work, reading chapters and giving feedback. The author can then consider the feedback and make corrections.Sounds nice, you say, but what's in... Continue Reading →
Orson Scott Card is Gay; also, Ender’s Game Review
I have no evidence to back this up; this is just a theory of mine, just as Orson Scott Card thinks gays are the result of child molesting. But being called gay is no more slanderous than being called straight, though Card will likely take offense to this, as he has either rejected his sexual... Continue Reading →
Game of Thrones: A Clash of Kings
My copy looks nowhere near this coolIf I had a magic portal to visit any world in the fantasy genre; we can call this the "Fantastica Gate", I'd be sure to steer clear of Westeros or any of the outlying kingdoms in George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire. I'm bound to get raped,... Continue Reading →
Martin, Bakker and Rowling: Learning from the Best
I have been focusing on the final stretch of my book lately, the third and final edit of Ages of Aenya, which I hope to have completed by the middle of May. I cannot promise anything though, since I have young children and a restaurant. Whenever my two or eight year old gets the flu,... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Dark Age of Enya
Wait. What? How can you be reviewing "The Dark Age of Enya"? Aren't you the author? Yes, I am. But I am not going to be reviewing it. What I am going to do is post the two official reviews from 2004. The first is the most infamous, the one I have mentioned many a... Continue Reading →
When Words and Images Collide
Something is definitely going on here!I love DeviantArt. For those unfamiliar with the site, DeviantArt is the Facebook for visual artists. With the click of a mouse, you can browse between artists from around the globe, from a German painter to an Australian graphic designer. It is probably one of the very best things to... Continue Reading →
The Heroic Nude
What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? ---Michelangelo I have scoured the Internet, talking it over with many naturist readers, but I have yet to find heroes quite... Continue Reading →
American Gods
To be clear, Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors. I count his graphic novel, The Sandman, among the greatest achievements in the medium, and I adore his forays into film, Coraline and Stardust. Gaiman is my kind of writer. Each of his works takes a daring, no-holds barred approach to fantasy, often delving into... Continue Reading →
Enya 2003 vs. Aenya 2013
Xandr as originally envisioned c. 1999 I was recently contacted by Tim Forcer, a writer for H&E Magazine. Back in '04, he was gracious enough to give my novel, The Dark Age of Enya, the thumbs up. Unfortunately, the review did little to boost my career. But talking to him again after so many years got... Continue Reading →
Ages of Aenya: Book 3, Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Fabulous Secrets The way forward was darker than Emma expected, and so she turned back to the brassiere, removed it from the wall, and listening once more for her father, continued on. Centuries-worn masonry hugged her shoulders, leading down another set of steps to a sharp turn. The swinging glow from the brassiere... Continue Reading →
The Art of Storytelling 
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