• The Wales I Now Know

    This is by no means meant to be a detailed accounting or historical overview of the nation of Wales, a Celtic stronghold on the island of Great Britain.  It is… Read more

  • Capri, Italy

    One of the pleasures of writing Historical Fantasy is discovering and learning about real places and real legends, real histories.  My research for Book Two of The Crystal Crux series… Read more

  • Francis Whitehall – The Griffin

    Continuing my exploration of the characters in my historical fantasy novel, The Crystal Crux – Betrayal, I completed a writing on another important figure, Francis Whitehall.  He is known to… Read more

  • Ahhh I’m Tumbling

    I don’t understand how it works yet but all the intel out there tells us authors to maintain a variety of media sources, so I have a Tumblr account now.… Read more

  • My Interview

    I finally went through the process to get my eBook version of The Crystal Crux-Betrayal published through Smashwords which opens it up for purchase in a host of other markets… Read more

  • GREAT NEWS

    Over the weekend, my book ‘THE CRYSTAL CRUX – BETRAYAL’ received a Five Star Gold rating from Readers’Favorite Book Review.  Very pleased and excited by this.  I’ve entered the book… Read more

  • Word for the day – Fantasy

    “And then there was something.  A small and white something racing through the air.  A dot.  A comet.  Pero strained his eyes but refused to believe what he was seeing.… Read more

  • Creating Chaos From Order

    The world of fantasy cannot begin without chaos.  It is important we understand that before we open a book.  A large part of the allure of the fantasy novel is… Read more

  • Characters From My Book

    On my other site THE CRYSTAL CRUX.COM, I’m writing out backgrounds on the character from my book series.  If you follow the links I provided below, you can read about two… Read more

  • CRYSTAL CRUX PLAYER ONE

    On my other site, THECRYSTALCRUX.COM, I’m revealing more about each of my characters.  The first to be revealed is the protagonist, Pero de Alava. I’m presenting the reader with a picture… Read more

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

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