Tolkien on Inspiration

Today’s post is fortuitous in that Tolkien is again in the news.  Yesterday NPR ran a story about an ancient Roman ring that may have been the inspiration for The One Ring in Tolkien’s Middle Earth epic.  You can find “The Vyne” here, but the summary of the story is that Tolkien was brought in

Well, the World Didn’t End…But In My New Book It Did

Today is the release date for Book 3: Babylon the Great the third installment of the This Broken Earth trilogy soon to be released together as a print edition in January.  For now, you can get your copy on Amazon only as Nook is having “techical difficulties” for some reason.  I uploaded on Wednesday, but

5 Days Until the My Book Is Finished…Or the World Ends

  Yesterday was sheer madness.  I managed to crank out 7669 words on the novel and still have time to go see The Hobbit (review forthcoming).  Today I finish it…at least the rough draft.  The following week will be devoted to revision and editing, proofing by a select few readers who have nothing to do but read it,