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The Sappers
“Follow the sapper is a timeless cry.” – 1995 Throughout the history of warfare, there was a need for men willing to battle not the enemy themselves but the defenses… Read more
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Summarizing the Crystal Crux
Not saying this is final but this is what I’m working with. What do you think? “We all second-guess ourselves. For Pero of Penafiel, a Spanish caballero stationed in Italy… Read more
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A Healthy Dose of Aphorism
When writing a historical fantasy novel, your long hours of study reveal a great many healthy aphorisms spoken by real-life figures that can be adapted into the story. These sayings… Read more
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HAIR AR DUS – A Bad Guy?
One of the most difficult challenges of writing a novel is creating realistic backstories for all your characters and then sustaining those backstories throughout the novel. There is a great… Read more
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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
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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
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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
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I’m Allen, the self-published author of several fantasy fiction stories and novels.
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