At the end of the last CSFF Blog Tour, Stephen L. Rice and I had a strong discussion regarding Auralia's Colors and Cyndere's Midnight, and in particular, on the direction Jeffrey Overstreet was taking the series. His first post with my comments.… more »

This is day two of the CSFF Blog Tour, and we are reviewing the MOST EXCELLENT craftsmanship of Jeffrey Overstreet. (If you haven't read my full review of Cyndere's Midnight, you can do so by clicking here.) Today I am "pleased as pear cider" to… more »

I wanted to point everyone who chances by here to check out the blog and music of someone I consider a friend, Edward Waters: Rambles Of One Windborne - Bard Of The Grey Wind He considers himself a Christian Bard, and he just wrote a post about hea… more »

With the leaves twirling down in beautiful color, today I thought I would share an autumn poem written by James Buckham. Song of Autumn Ho for the bending sheaves, Ho for the crimson leaves Flaming in splendor! Season of ripened gold, Plenty… more »

In my first book I have a crazy man make a prophecy to Llyneus/Merlin. This prophecy encompasses the major events of my entire book series (which can range from 3 to 7 books depending upon what a publisher wants to do—although I would prefer to do… more »

I encountered a problem while I was writing my latest scene. I had to make a scripture which one of my characters read out loud seem old. I couldn't just plunk in the NIV, could I? What about the KJV? Not quite old enough! After all, my book is taki… more »

My son and I went on a 3 day trip backpacking through the Irish Wilderness and canoeing down the Eleven Point River. Amazing! This is what our country looked like 300 years ago! The river is one of the "Wild and Scenic" rivers of the United States&mda… more »