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July 16, 2020
My Norse Gods: Frigg and Odin
The Ten Worlds will be less of a series and more of a universe I am building based on the Norse lore and surviving resources, which I then alter to fit my needs. Today I’d like to introduce you to Frigg, the wife of Odin – if I were in charge of casting the inevitable TV […]
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July 4, 2020
Children of the Gods: Jötunheim, jötnar, and Lay of Thrymr
The Norse lore and cosmology are incredibly complex. While we don’t have a holy book of any sort, heathenry is called “the religion of research” for a reason. There is much more to it than the few myths Neil Gaiman retold in his Norse Mythology, and Snorri’s Poetic Edda and Prose Edda. Those writings, both academic and not […]
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June 7, 2020
I decided to finish ‘Children’ before the end of next week…
…then I went and almost died, which would have been a pretty good excuse had I missed the deadline, but also slightly awkward. It’s been three days. (Good Gods. THREE. DAYS.) I’m stuck trying to process what happened. Maybe I am over-dramatising or remember some parts wrong because of the fever, I tell myself. Wait, […]
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May 30, 2020
Guest Post: An Empire on the Edge of History
Guest post by Marian L Thorpe, whose Empire’s Reckoning is out today. Purchase links at the end of the post. My completely non-objective score: 6/5. * Empire’s Reckoning is my 5th title and 4th full-length novel set in my fictional, alternate world, a world that bears a strong resemblance in many ways to northern Europe after the […]
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May 7, 2020
No, I haven’t learned any languages this week
I will tell you a secret: the release date I had in mind for Children of the Gods was May 28. I have booked my editor for the final pass at the end of March/beginning of April, the proofreader first two weeks of April, I have planned to send the ARCs (advanced review copies) to reviewers []
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April 17, 2020
Children of the Gods: Consent
The book is nearly ready. Nearly means at least two more months, as I am still finishing the second half while my editor is working on the first, then once were both satisfied the text will be sent to the proofreader, and only then I will really be able to announce the books completion. Its []
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March 16, 2020
My Norse Gods: Thor
The most important thing I need to say: Thor is not blonde, doesnt shave, and does not have six nipples, as the Marvel Comics and movies would make you believe. As nice as Chris Hemsworth is to look at, in the inevitable blockbuster movie based on Children of the Gods Thor will be played by Kristofer []
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January 27, 2020
My Norse Gods: Odin
If I were in charge of casting a movie based onChildren, Odin would be played by Sir Ian McKellen just because Sir McKellen did an incredible job playing Gandalf and Tolkien barely bothered to change anything when he decided to simply rename Odin to something else for his little Lord of the Ringsbooks. Who […]
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January 16, 2020
My Norse Gods: Loki
I am currently working on a series calledThe Ten Worlds, which is based on the Norse cosmology and mythology. The first two books will be a duologyChildrenandLand. In the “My Norse Gods” series I am going to introduce the Gods the way they are described inThe Ten Worldswhich might or might not be in agreement […]
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January 3, 2020
Children – Norse fanfic?
In the last days of December I sent the current revision ofChildren, my upcoming second book, to beta readers and my editor. I’ve spent nine months doing little else but working on the book, got myself on the verge of burnout, and I’m honestly grateful for the break. Still, I think it’s time to start […]
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