Writing about dragons seems a deceptively easy task. Everyone knows, or thinks they know, what dragons are all about. But ask two people to describe a dragon, and you may get two very different answers.
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Why Are Hobbits So Special, Anyway?
Why are hobbits the ones who get the honor of sharing the week with Middle-Earth’s most important storyteller? What makes hobbits so special, anyway?
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Why are Pirates Romanticized in Fantasy and Historical Fiction?
As I look forward to one of my favorite goofball holidays, I wonder, as apparently many of you have too: why are pirates so often romanticized in our fiction?
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Why Do I Love Fantasy So Much?
Asking “Why do I love fantasy so much?” is like asking “Why do I enjoy breathing so much?”
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Fantastic Fairy Tales with Cats in Them
In honor of Garfield Day, I wanted to recommend a few of my personal favorite fairy tales with cats in them for your reading pleasure.
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The Dragon’s Last Flight: A Dragon and Human Love Story (Maybe)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that dragons and dragonslayers are mortal enemies—except when they’re not.
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The Holly King and Oak King Myth: A Winter’s Writing Lesson
The Holly King and Oak King myth is a deceptively simple winter's tale—one from which astute storytellers can learn a valuable lesson.
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Dullahan in Video Games: Hangin’ With the Headless Horseman
Dullahan in video games appear in many forms. Some headless horsemen are friends, some are foes, and some remain somewhere in between...
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Irish Inspiration: The Celtic Creatures of The Harbinger’s Head
The idea for The Harbinger’s Head sprang from two main sources: Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” and the Celtic creatures found in traditional Irish folktales.
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NaNoRenO Game Jam 2019: We Made a Visual Novel (Demo)!
Odd Lazdo and I have officially launched a free demo of our visual novel project, The Dragon’s Last Flight!
