“I am driven by my longing, And my understanding urges That I should commence my singing; And begin my recitation. I will sing the people’s legends, And the ballads of the nation.” Excerpt From: “Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) / The Land of the Heroes.” So begins “The Kalevala”, the heroic epic of Finland. InContinue reading “Kalevala Dreaming”
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The Fiery Prince
“Prince Yvan and the Grey Wolf” is from a collection of fairytales by Alexander Afanasyev and it was this tale that I focussed on when developing my own Prince Yvan’s back story for “Cry of the Firebird.” Firebird fairytales can be found all over the world but there was something about the Russian Prince Yvan’sContinue reading “The Fiery Prince”
First Things First
To celebrate my first blog and the release of my first novel “Cry of the Firebird” I thought it might be appropriate to talk about inspirations over the next few posts. “Cry” is the first book of my Firebird Fairytales Trilogy and like many of my story ideas it was started by a random seriesContinue reading “First Things First”
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