Fantasy
The World of Seare: Ancient Ireland
• Fantasy, Giveaway, News, Song of Seare
While Oath of the Brotherhood is 100% fiction, I enjoyed using a backdrop of the real culture of Ancient Ireland from about the 3rd century to the 7th century for my fictional Seare. We tend to believe that the peoples and cultures outside Rome at that time were barbarians (partially...
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Oath of the Brotherhood: Deleted Scenes
• Fantasy, Giveaway, News, Song of Seare
Oath of the Brotherhood has had many, many iterations over the years. It was a book I started when I was still working full time in marketing: I’d spend my lunch hours researching and my evening hours writing. So somewhere in the land of unusuable 3.5-inch floppy disks are some...
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The World of Seare: Setting Inspiration
• Fantasy, Giveaway, News, Song of Seare
I often get asked if I visited Ireland for research purposes when I wrote this book. I have visited Ireland, long before I ever conceived of this story idea, but even if I had, it wouldn’t have been much help. The Song of Seare series emulates Ireland in the...
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The World of Seare: Character Inspiration
• Fantasy, Giveaway, News, Song of Seare
Typically, when I’m writing a book, it all starts with the characters. Even when writing fantasy, which takes extensive world-building and preparation before the first word goes on the page, I have a conception of the people who will populate my story world. In fact, it’s usually a character that...
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