Any fan of fantasy will tell you worldbuilding is a big part of why they love the genre. Ever since Tolkien hit the literary scene, authors of lesser imagination have been all too eager to cut and paste Middle Earth. Open any book from Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time to George RR Martin’s A… Continue Reading →
AENYA NEWSLETTER 12/01/21
Hey, Aenya fans! Boy, do I have some great stuff to share with you today. So let’s get straight to it, shall we? The Princess of Aenya: Acclaim, New Cover, New Art A beautiful new cover is on its way for The Princess of Aenya! While I was completely happy with the old pic, I… Continue Reading →
VIDEO | Lord of the Rings meets Dungeons & Dragons
As a fantasy author, I am legally required to love The Lord of the Rings, and I have to admit that I really do. Despite some very slow plotting, the prose is beautiful in a way that is rarely found in books these days, and the world-building and characters remains the benchmark against which all… Continue Reading →
Thelana 5e
Have you ever wanted to play Thelana in D&D? Well NOW you can! As long as you’ve got an open minded DM and a gaming group willing to accept an Ilmarin into the campaign, refer to the stat block below, which approximates Thelana’s abilities in Hedonia, when she first climbed into the Temple of Sargonus… Continue Reading →
How to be a Dungeon Master
It’s probably no secret by now that I love Dungeons & Dragons. I’ve been playing for about thirty years, since 1985~86, and it’s been like kerosene for the flame of my imagination. Before D&D exploded in popularity, I was embarrassed to tell people I played, as if no serious author could harbor so much love… Continue Reading →
ATTENTION: Beta Readers Needed for “The Feral Girl”
Exciting news, everyone! I have officially started work on my next project, tentatively titled, The Feral Girl, and YOU could be the first to see it!!! As a beta reader, you will receive parts of the story as I write it, with a chance to offer feedback and influence the outcome of the story. What… Continue Reading →
The Heroic Nude
The heroic nude dates back thousands of years, to my distant ancestors, the Ancient Greeks. Communal nudity was not uncommon to Greece, where farming, exercising, swimming, and sparring was practiced in nothing but bare skin. The prefix gymn means naked, denoting all of the activities originally practiced in the buff, including gymnastics and “going to the… Continue Reading →
Aenya Newsletter 3/17/20
It’s the end of the world as we know it … and I feel fine. R.E.M I have a lot of experience writing about apocalyptic events. You could almost say it’s my forte. In Ages of Aenya, when the sun expands from a yellow star to a red supergiant, 90% of all Aenya species perish. Millenniums… Continue Reading →
People of Aenya: Athalia, Niah, Liana
Athalia, Niah, and Liana are the daughters of Davos and Kiki, and the younger cousins of Ecthros. Oblivious to the turmoil surrounding the lands to the north (Tyrnael and Northendell) and south (Ilmarinen, Hedonia), the three girls live an idyllic life in the small trading town of Yefira, which is known for its rolling hills, windmill houses, and proximity to the Tectonic Chasm, a gorge that encircles the planet. Hazel, Niah’s rabbit, is being cradled by four-year old Liana, the youngest of the three girls.
People of Aenya: Xandr
Cast off from civilization, Xandr is without home or country or possessions of any kind, but for an ancient sword with a will of its own. Utterly naked in battle, he stands intrepid and shameless, as his people, the Ilmar, have stood for millions of years. But he is never defenseless, for his shield is… Continue Reading →
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