• Trailer …

    I started a YouTube site to coincide with the release of my Historical Fantasy novel – ‘The Crystal Crux – Betrayal’ in January 2016.  Experimenting with a few ideas, I… Read more

  • A Little Bit of Several Cultures

    The Crystal Crux series is a ten-day medieval tale.  The first book in the series – Betrayal – is the first day. So how did I stretch one day into… Read more

  • VESTAL VIRGINS

    It’s kind of strange how generational misrepresentation of the vestal virgins has resulted in the institution being regarded by some as something sexual and perverse.  Nothing could be further from… Read more

  • A Civil War

    So I had finally decided where my story would play out.  My book series, ‘The Crystal Crux,’ would stay in Italy, around Naples.  I now needed a time period.  The… Read more

  • Injecting Myth To History

    One of my least favorite parts about studying medieval history thus far has been the Roman Catholic Church.  I am, myself, a nondenominational Christian who believes in the Sacred Names,… Read more

  • Italian City States Resist Barbarossa

    Italians wanted nothing to do with the Holy Roman Emperor (Romanorum Imperator) especially since his Empire had nothing to do with Rome itself.  It was an assumed title, fictitiously resurrected… Read more

  • Joel Habush

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  • Location – Location – Location

    While I still enjoy reading many of the Celtic-Camelot-British writings by various authors, from T.H. White to Anya Seton to Jack Whyte, I believe the rehashing has been done nearly to… Read more

  • EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT

    Yes, writing for a writer is important.  It is vital to write, put pen to paper, fingers to keys, and get some organized words down.  But there has to be… Read more

  • My Muse

    We all have them.  In Greek mythology, Muse was a goddess inspiring writers and poets.  Today, we use the word to reflect a heightened state of thought, absorbed in the… Read more

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

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