May, 2012

Giant Illustrations #1

0 comments on this article Posted by Administrator in Illumination and Illustration on May 9th, 2012 .

Some illustrations for Giants in the Phantammeron novel…


The Poisoned Love

0 comments on this article Posted by Administrator in Tangled Roots and Broken Branches on May 7th, 2012 .

Poisoned Love is a type of “love story” I am especially interested in. It’s found quite often in tragedy, and has been used over and over again in story-telling throughout the ages. It takes many forms and has been spun off in various ways in all kinds of books and film. In the Phantammeron, the […]


Mythopoesis : The Art of Myth-Making

0 comments on this article Posted by Administrator in Tangled Roots and Broken Branches on May 5th, 2012 .

In creating the stories for the Phantammeron, I have been intensely focused on building a monstrously complex and detailed mythology for the book. The term used here is Mythopoesis (“myth-making”).  From the beginning, I have been fascinated by the idea of artificial imaginary worlds, and assembling gigantic psuedo-historical backgrounds for them and the characters that […]


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