C. Gockel's Blog, page 64
May 22, 2015
mosellegreen:
ultramotivationquotes:
It takes the hammer of...
It takes the hammer of persistence to drive the nail of success.
There’s a Thor joke in here somewhere.
medieval:
The Ladder of Divine Ascent12th c. Saint Catherine’s...
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
12th c. Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Doesn’t look like there are any women on that ladder.
The science behind why introverts struggle to speak
I’m fine talking about factual things, but when it comes to emotions my brain turns off. It’s why I write. It’s the only way I can get them out of my head.
May 21, 2015
Angrboða with her children by Loki: Jormander the World Serpent,...
Angrboða with her children by Loki: Jormander the World Serpent, Hel, and Fenrir Wolf. Angr in Old Norse means “sorrow” and “boða” means bringer.
In the myths Odin took to heart the prophecies that said Loki and Angrboða’s children would be his downfall. He banished Hel to Niflheim where she ruled over a kingdom named after her that was the resting place of those who did not die in battle. Jormander was thrust into sea, and Fenrir was bound on a remote island. Angrboða was murdered.
Angrboða is also sometimes thought to be Gullveig, the witch the Norse Gods murdered contrary to their own laws. Loki ate her heart after they burned her at the stake, and supposedly gave birth to all the monsters in the world after doing so. Usually, Loki’s devouring of Gullveig’s heart is seen as when he “went evil”.
Did he eat Angrboða/Gullveig’s heart–or is it a metaphor for love? Did he fall in love with her, only to see her murdered and their children banished and vow to destroy the Gods not out of madness, but out of anger and grief? They also killed his sons by Sigyn too.
In I Bring the Fire I make Angrboða, Sigyn, and Gullveig separate people and the three great loves of Loki’s life. Angrboða is the pure hearted magically wise maiden, Sigyn is the matron and represents mature love, and Gullveig is the wisest of the three, and the only one to have endured the ravages of age.
I Bring the Fire is currently free as part of the Gods & Mortals box set. Besides Loki, there are stories featuring Valkyries, Thor, and Thor’s stepson Ullr. You can pick it up gratis at Amazon, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, and Google Play.
May 14, 2015
May 12, 2015
Let’s talk about Ull, shall we?There’s a whole lotta...
Let’s talk about Ull, shall we?
There’s a whole lotta good stuff in the Prose Edda (kind of sort of the Viking Bible) and the Marvel folklore about Thor, God of Thunder, Prince of Asgard, All Around Great Guy. But there’s barely anything out there about his stepson, Ull, Norse God of Winter.
According to the Prose Edda, Ull is the son of the goddess Sif, and the stepson of her hammer-weilding hubby, Thor. He lives in a hall called Ydalir, which essentially breaks down to “where there are lots of Yew Dales.” He’s the God of Winter (and skiing!), and he may or may not have had a thing for that jotunish winter chick, Skadi.
And that’s all we know … But the lack of info on Ull made him the perfect character for the Elsker Saga, by my friend S. T. Bende. Elsker, the first book in the series is available free in the Gods & Mortals box set on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, and Nook.
My series has been finished for over a month. Just got around to updating the sidebar on my blog.
My series has been finished for over a month. Just got around to updating the sidebar on my blog.
God but that was dark. I liked Ragnarok, but that epilogue short story was dark. Funny, and I loved having Loki back, but dark.
Really? I thought The Fire Bringers was sweet and funny! I suppose the lemurs eviction from their forest was – well I won’t call it sad, those f@¢kers needed to evolve –dramatic maybe? I’m glad you liked Ragnarok, and thank you for commenting.
May 11, 2015
YOU CAN READ THE ENTIRE I BRING THE FIRE SERIES FREEI have a lot...
YOU CAN READ THE ENTIRE I BRING THE FIRE SERIES FREE
I have a lot of new followers this week, thanks to BookBub. In the BookBub Facebook post, someone commented that it was a shame that the I Bring the Fire series was such a huge financial investment. I just want to let everyone know that you can read the entire series FREE.
The entire series is available through your public library via their ebook lending programs and Overdrive. You can read library books even on your Kindle Paperwhites and Nooks.
https://www.overdrive.com/ (You can enter your zip and find a library).
If you subscribe to a service like Oyster or Scribd you can read them free on your tablet, Kindle Fire, Samsung, iPhone or desktop:
Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/c88gockel
Oyster: https://www.oysterbooks.com/search/q/C.%20Gockel
(If you don’t subscribe to Oyster or Scribd they have a free month trial. Perfect for binge readers!)
And of course the FIRST in series is still free on:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bring-Fire-Part-Wolves…/…/B008UUIGB2/…
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/…/i-bring-the-fire-pa…/id655735120…
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-bring-the-fir…/1115457768…
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/…/ebook/i-bring-the-fire-part-i-…
GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/…/details/C_Gockel_I_Bring_the_Fire…
Thank you for following me, and taking a chance on a self-published author! Happy reading.
