Fantasy
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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Happy Book Birthday to Oath of the Brotherhood… Again!
Before I spent a number of years in publishing, I thought the process for getting a book into the hands of readers was straightforward. You wrote the book, signed a contract, the publisher puts it out in one format…and it stays in print forever. Now, I realize that was perhaps...
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