• Languages in Historical Fiction

    When I began writing THE CRYSTAL CRUX as a young man, I really didn’t think about the entirety of what it was I was trying to do.  I thought I… Read more

  • Updating Information

    Just a few words to remind everyone that I’m still shooting for a Fall release of the second novel in THE CRYSTAL CRUX series titled BLUE GROTTO.  I was hoping… Read more

  • Epic Fantasy Article

    Recently I was invited to write an article about writing epic fantasy for a fellow author’s blog.  I want to thank Christopher Patterson for that invitation and urge everyone to… Read more

  • A Couple Updates

    While I’m busy working on Book Two of THE CRYSTAL CRUX series – Blue Grotto – I have a couple other irons in the fire. First off, the second book… Read more

  • First Video Book Read

    Okay, it’s just a short, two paragraph read from my first novel, The Crystal Crux – Betrayal, but it is something.  I was experimenting with Photoshop Movie Maker and threw… Read more

  • Jack Of All Trades

    Thorough – Being all that is needed; complete.  Doing all that should be done and slighting nothing; painstaking. Epic fantasy tales can often be very liberal on the hows, whens… Read more

  • Epic Control

    “J.R.R. Tolkien, the near-universally hailed father of modern epic fantasy, crafted his magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, to explore the forces of creation as he saw them: God… Read more

  • Quick Update

    I’ve personally had a busy summer.  My wife and I took in two extra grandkids for a few months.  They just went back home this week so I’m getting my… Read more

  • YA Follow Up

    I just want to let everyone know that I’m getting some genuinely good reviews back on the YA edition of THE CRYSTAL CRUX – BETRAYAL.  It is exactly the same… Read more

  • Christianity and Adult Fantasy

    2Samuel 11:2-5  ‘And it came to pass in the eveningtide, that David … saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.  And David sent… Read more

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

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