• WIP Work In Progress

    Now that the holidays are over, I’m diving back into my current writing project and found I am not happy with some of the material in the middle, so I’m… Read more

  • Cold Knight Availability

    I originally placed The Crystal Crux: Cold Knight on KDP in Amazon and learned I will not do that again.  I’ve done it with other books in the past but… Read more

  • I Named Another Ship

    One of the joys of writing is creating your own toys to play with.  And once you create them, you get to name them. I just created and named a… Read more

  • The Blue Grotto

    The blue grotto, a cave beneath the island of Capri, is a famous tourist destination nowadays.  It is nearly 200 feet in length and 25 feet wide.  It is one… Read more

  • Eagles Pass

    In Betrayal, the first book of The Crystal Crux series, Guidus Salvatore, the Provost of Parthenope, is sent to Capua to deliver an important message to the keep’s current administrator,… Read more

  • Hephaestus Revival

    In Betrayal, Book One of the epic fantasy series, The Crystal Crux, we learned that infamous Bellerophon ‘was spurned from heaven by the decided bite of an inspired gadfly.‘   The… Read more

  • Grandson B’day Update

    Yet again I’ve neglected this blogging site.  I have a four-day weekend to celebrate my grandson’s 4th birthday – and to do some more writing. This little tyke as been… Read more

  • Mouth of Truth

    Studying history and applying this knowledge to my historical fantasy series ‘The Crystal Crux’, I learned that the Mouth of Truth (bocca della verita) – a large, mysterious marble mask… Read more

  • Time Differential

    What day is it – and why? I’m writing this on September 15, 2018 but why is it September 15, 2018?  Who decided when and where time started, when and… Read more

  • Busy Summer

    I haven’t forgotten about this page although I’ve had little opportunity to update it. Thanks to an incredible summer filled with family, faires and fun, writing has been a slow… Read more

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I’m Allen, the self-published author of several fantasy fiction stories and novels.

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