Fantasy

The Talon of the Unnamed Goddess (originally The Talon of the Raptor Clan) was my first published novel thanks to much help from my co-author, J. R. Tomlin–an award-winning Historical author. The novel was a 2010 EPPIE  Fiction/Fantasy finalist.

My fantasy books cover a wide variety of protagonists, environments and magics.

What distinguishes one protagonist from another is their unique upbringing–the forge that makes each who they are. Their worlds vary from ancient times–swords and horses–to modern times–AK-47s and cars.

The magic in each story is unique, sometimes mental and other times physical. I prefer limited and conservative powers because I believe that makes it easier to imagine and more realistic. For example a wizard with the ability to create and throw fireballs if limited in time to create and throwing  distance you could imagine as a person with a flame-thrower.

19 comments

    1. Sorry to disappoint. This website was never intended to be a blog. Just a place where you can see my books categorize by topic and identifying those that are also audiobooks. I also try and give information on what I am planning for the future.

  1. I would like to thank you for the efforts you have put in penning this website. I really hope to check out the same high-grade content from you later on as well. In truth, your creative writing abilities has motivated me to get my very own site now 😉

  2. coming soon has not been updated foe awhile is there any thing new coming out ,looking forward to any of the series.

  3. do you know yet if one mind will be released in june or july. crossed fingers for june lol

    1. Bonnie, good question. It usually takes around 60 days after my initial draft (the percentage shown on Coming Next). That’s two weeks to make the draft coherent, four weeks for a professional edit, a week for a beta review, and another week for one last look and to get it ready for production.

      Another question would be how long to write the draft. When I was younger I could write three and sometimes four novels in a year. Today, I would say two a year, given life doesn’t interfere. Of course, I sometimes get side tracked, like on book III of the Black Guard where halfway into the story I stopped to write books I & II of the Tasmanian series. And this year halfway through book III of the Tasmanian series, I’ve started the Phoenix Wars. I’m doing my best to keep Coming Soon up to date so you at least know what I’m working on and its current status.

  4. Do you have an update an your latest upcoming release? With this wonderful pandemic I need something to look forward too!
    Thank you!!

  5. Hey there 🙂

    Your wordpress site is very sleek – hope you don’t
    mind me asking what theme you’re using? (and don’t mind if I steal it?
    :P)

    I just launched my site –also built in wordpress like yours– but the theme slows (!) the site down quite a bit.

    In case you have a minute, you can find it by searching for “royal cbd” on Google (would appreciate any feedback) – it’s still
    in the works.

    Keep up the good work– and hope you all take care of yourself during the coronavirus
    scare!

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