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F.T. McKinstry grew up studying music and classical literature, and at a young age developed a deep love for fantasy and the esoteric, of which she was an avid reader. J.R.R. Tolkien was her most powerful influence. With a background in computer electronics and software development, she wrote and illustrated technical documentation for many years, during which time she created the fantasy world of Ealiron. A passion for fairy tales and a lifelong study of mythology, plant and animal lore, Celtic legend, shamanism, and psychology provide inspiration and scope for her work.


I am a certifiable aquarium geek. I love things that live underwater: fishes, creatures, plants. On my desk I keep a male Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens). He has his own castle, a mountain and a forest to live in.


A cared-for betta can live several years or more, long enough for me to get quite attached. I don’t always give my betta an official name. But soon, after watching the beautifu...

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Published on May 20, 2013 09:03
Average rating: 4.48 · 27 ratings · 12 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
The Hunter's Rede (The Chro...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
The Gray Isles (The Chronic...
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
Wizards, Woods and Gods: Ta...
4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012
Crowharrow (The Chronicles ...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions

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“Tortured Soul 101: The depth of despair one experiences during the creative process (as experienced say, in an abysmally blank page or canvas) is directly proportional to the scope and power of the work that emerges when it breaks.”
F.T. McKinstry

“Gardens are made of darkness and light entwined.”
F.T. McKinstry, Crowharrow

“Lorth spoke a word and came into focus, though he had learned from experience that his features, the ghost-pale skin of a Northman with the gold-green eyes of a wolf, were almost as unnerving to a Tarthian as the shadowy form of a cloaking spell.”
F.T. McKinstry, The Hunter's Rede

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
Lloyd Alexander

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
W. Somerset Maugham

“Gardens are made of darkness and light entwined.”
F.T. McKinstry, Crowharrow

“to write is human, to edit is divine”
Stephen King, On Writing

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