Virtual Fantasy Con Blog Hop
Hi, I’m Katie Hamstead author of the bestselling Kiya Trilogy, Cadence Duology, and Princess of Tyrone, and I’m your host for this stop in the Hunt.
If you would like to find out more about the Hunt, please click here - http://vfcscavengerhunt.weebly.com/Somewhere on this page is a hidden number. Collect all the numbers from all the authors’ posts, and then add them up. Once you’ve added all the numbers, and if I am your last author, please head to the official website and click on the ENTER HERE page to find the entry form. Only entries with the correct number will qualify to win.
The author I’m pleased to be hosting for Virtual FantasyCon’s Blog Hop Hunt today is Tom Fallwell, author of Heroic Fantasy.
Heroic Fantasy
I have thought long and hard about what it is that draws me to the Epic Fantasy genre. The most memorable and inspiring read that has always stuck with me is The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien, and I wondered what it was about that story that grabbed me so hard and held my fascination. So I began to analyze, within myself, the other stories from that genre that I have read that have affected me in similar ways. There are many, such as the Conan stories, by Robert E. Howard, the Narnia tales by C.S. Lewis, the Dragon Rider stories of Anne McCaffrey, just to name a few. But there was something in all of them that inspired emotions within me and made them highly memorable to me, and I wanted to figure out just what it was that did so.
After much deliberation with myself, reviewing the stories in my head, and contemplating on the elements if each, I came to the conclusion that what inspired me so were the heroic characters and their bigger-than-life presence within their world. Not so much how big, bad and tough they were, but how much they concerned themselves with others, having compassion for others lives, more so than their own. I can see that theme throughout all the stories from the genre that has affected me so much. Even in Conan, while he may have been a self-centered barbarian, there were times he put himself in front of danger for the sake of someone else. Granted, that was usually a woman, but it still showed that the hulking warrior had a heart deep inside that hulking mass of muscle.
This is what I find so thrilling in the stories I have read, and it is what I portray in the stories I am
now writing. In my first novel, Dragon Rising, we have a young elven woman who wants nothing to do with the people of the world, yet as she learns about her heritage and destiny, her compassion for others begins to outweigh her own self-worth, and she becomes a hero. In my Rangers of Laerean series, the same theme is found in the reknowned group known as the Rangers, who daily put their lives on the line to protect the people, and many do so without regard to their own safety and security. This, in my mind at least, is what makes a true hero, and I enjoy reading 64 stories about such exploits.
Whether the hero is a super hero, fighting against a super villain, or a fantasy hero saving a damsel in distress, or just a soldier on the front lines, standing between the enemy and the people whom he has sworn to protect, a hero is one who puts the welfare of others ahead of themself, one who sacrifices their own comfort and security to for the safety of others. That is a true hero.
If you love Heroic Fantasy in the epic tradition, then I invite you to read my books. Visit my website and view more information, or visit me on Goodreads or Facebook. My books are available from the store on my site, or from the Amazon links below. Thanks for reading.
Website: http://tomfallwell.com
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11303749.Tom_Fallwell
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TomFallwellAuthor
Dragon Rising: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RGZU56Q
A Whisper In The Shadows: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VYL2426
Where Shadows Fall: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01APYF1G8
Did you find the number? If you did, then click Tom Fallwell link – http://tomfallwell.com to continue Virtual FantasyCon’s Blog Hop Hunt.
If you would like to find out more about the Hunt, please click here - http://vfcscavengerhunt.weebly.com/Somewhere on this page is a hidden number. Collect all the numbers from all the authors’ posts, and then add them up. Once you’ve added all the numbers, and if I am your last author, please head to the official website and click on the ENTER HERE page to find the entry form. Only entries with the correct number will qualify to win.
The author I’m pleased to be hosting for Virtual FantasyCon’s Blog Hop Hunt today is Tom Fallwell, author of Heroic Fantasy.
Heroic FantasyI have thought long and hard about what it is that draws me to the Epic Fantasy genre. The most memorable and inspiring read that has always stuck with me is The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien, and I wondered what it was about that story that grabbed me so hard and held my fascination. So I began to analyze, within myself, the other stories from that genre that I have read that have affected me in similar ways. There are many, such as the Conan stories, by Robert E. Howard, the Narnia tales by C.S. Lewis, the Dragon Rider stories of Anne McCaffrey, just to name a few. But there was something in all of them that inspired emotions within me and made them highly memorable to me, and I wanted to figure out just what it was that did so.
After much deliberation with myself, reviewing the stories in my head, and contemplating on the elements if each, I came to the conclusion that what inspired me so were the heroic characters and their bigger-than-life presence within their world. Not so much how big, bad and tough they were, but how much they concerned themselves with others, having compassion for others lives, more so than their own. I can see that theme throughout all the stories from the genre that has affected me so much. Even in Conan, while he may have been a self-centered barbarian, there were times he put himself in front of danger for the sake of someone else. Granted, that was usually a woman, but it still showed that the hulking warrior had a heart deep inside that hulking mass of muscle.
This is what I find so thrilling in the stories I have read, and it is what I portray in the stories I am
now writing. In my first novel, Dragon Rising, we have a young elven woman who wants nothing to do with the people of the world, yet as she learns about her heritage and destiny, her compassion for others begins to outweigh her own self-worth, and she becomes a hero. In my Rangers of Laerean series, the same theme is found in the reknowned group known as the Rangers, who daily put their lives on the line to protect the people, and many do so without regard to their own safety and security. This, in my mind at least, is what makes a true hero, and I enjoy reading 64 stories about such exploits.Whether the hero is a super hero, fighting against a super villain, or a fantasy hero saving a damsel in distress, or just a soldier on the front lines, standing between the enemy and the people whom he has sworn to protect, a hero is one who puts the welfare of others ahead of themself, one who sacrifices their own comfort and security to for the safety of others. That is a true hero.
If you love Heroic Fantasy in the epic tradition, then I invite you to read my books. Visit my website and view more information, or visit me on Goodreads or Facebook. My books are available from the store on my site, or from the Amazon links below. Thanks for reading.
Website: http://tomfallwell.com
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11303749.Tom_Fallwell
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TomFallwellAuthor
Dragon Rising: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RGZU56Q
A Whisper In The Shadows: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VYL2426
Where Shadows Fall: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01APYF1G8
Did you find the number? If you did, then click Tom Fallwell link – http://tomfallwell.com to continue Virtual FantasyCon’s Blog Hop Hunt.
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