Where Does the Story Start?
As I move past Erekos and on to the next project — a sequel that I hope will tie up many unanswered questions and raise new and more troubling questions — I’m becoming more and more aware of where my...
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Aleksandr Voinov was writing about his mythos and narratives yesterday, and the subject’s been on my mind a great deal of late. One subject that continually fascinates me is what one can do with a past...
View ArticleThe Gestae and the History of Ideas
When I was a young bibliophile, I was a devoted fantasy fan — and like many fantasy fans of my age, I devoured the Shannara books. I was just a child, really, and I wasn’t entirely equipped to answer...
View ArticleKid in the City
I’ve been snagged on Weigenland for a while. It’s not that I don’t adore the new characters in the cast — I do! And it’s certainly not that I don’t want to explore a new country in my fiction; there’s...
View ArticleOn Excellence
When I was a child, I was absolutely mystified by Olympic diving. I understood the criteria for other sports — in track events, the person who ran fastest won; in field events, the person who flung the...
View ArticleMaking Adjustments
I’m about 111k into Weigenland, the sequel to Erekos — and although I knew going in that it would be a very different book, I’m startled at times by all of the very small ways in which it’s different....
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