What it Means to be a Slytherin

Admin/ April 3, 2016/ Books, Movies, Rants

  Frequently I am asked by friends and other peers which House from Harry Potter I belong to.  When I replay Slytherin without a pause to ponder the question, it tends to unnerve people. And why would it not?  Voldemort, and almost every villain in the Harry Potter Universe belongs to that house. Some people may wonder if my choice

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The Darkest Side

Admin/ March 30, 2016/ Books

  In most fantasy with Magic, you find a Light side, better known as “The good Magic” (except when its not) and the Dark Side, better known as the evil Magic (except when its not) and these concepts appear heavily in my first Novel, The End of Utopia. You have the established 6 Magic types, and alongside that, you see

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Origin Stories

Admin/ March 22, 2016/ Books

  What had started as a little challenge to myself has turned into a very fun an incredible project.  I wanted to see if it were possible to write a short story.  As I tend to write very large epics, I felt this was to be quite a difficult task.  Instead, I surprised myself. I tried to write a short

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Lord of Chaos

Admin/ February 18, 2016/ Books

  Today I want to talk about one of my favorite novels of all time.  And considering that this novel is within one of my favorite series’s of all time, I would say that this book is significant in my life. To say that Lord of Chaos, Sixth book in the Wheel of Time Series is one of the greatest

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Short Stories

Admin/ January 25, 2016/ Books

  Short stories, were always an enigma to me.  A form of medium beyond my grasp.  Every time I attempted to write a small scale tale, it grew into a significantly larger endeavor.  As this cycle continued, I gave up on the prospect of creating such tales. Until now, that is. Recently, I decided to try again.  Perhaps it is

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The Convention Goal

Admin/ January 2, 2016/ Books

  Many writers have aspirations.  Most of those aspirations involve finishing a novel.  I’m past that point now. Now that I have completed my first novel and even got it published once, I am looking for exposure.  And no exposure compares to a convention. An event such as Megacon or the even larger Dragoncon.  an author that even half respects

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One Sentence Blurb

Admin/ December 9, 2015/ Books

  One sentence blurbs, or the one sentence description of a novel is something I have always had trouble talking about adequately.  Still I have been working tirelessly for The End of Utopia as the Kickstarter begins this week if not next week. I have tried again and again to properly give this novel that has been my flesh, blood,

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Lanfear

Admin/ October 12, 2015/ Books

  As I have run out of books by Brandon Sanderson and RA Salvatore to (re) read, I have began  re-reading the series that lead me to these authors: Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. So as I have been making a habit of writing posts about characters who I really have enjoyed in fiction, I am glad to write

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