The Legend of the Great Horse

Chariots of early history (16th century BC)

This is my third “Mirror” post in a row, and where I finally explain the use of the metaphor and close the barn door after it.
In the first post of this Mirror trilogy, I mentioned becoming interested in reading about history while browsing the shelves of the doomed used [...]

“In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.” – Eric Hoffer, American Philosopher
Boston, MA, May 8, 2009 (PressReleasePoint) – The YA historical fiction novel Eclipsed by Shadow has been named to the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize Shortlist. The Eric Hoffer Book Award is presented each year as [...]

It’s a great time to be a writer; it is a terrible time. Great if one can nimbly navigate the terrain shared with the corporate publishing giants; terrible if you get trampled by one.
Both of these can happen to an author. The giant corps are tottering but they still have the eyes of the consumer [...]

I’ve been away, and it seems mighty odd to write it that way. Contractions didn’t exist in the 17th century, at least not the ones we are used to today; although shan’t t’was. I have found it is a challenge to write conforming prose that does not roll off the keyboard with square wheels.
I have—I’ve—been [...]

The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy takes place across many historical eras, from pre-history to modern times, and research was fundamental to telling an accurate story. I followed a method I found enjoyable and fascinating, and which I believe brought authenticity to the work.
Basically, I gathered writings from each era visited in the book, [...]

An inability to type started this author on the road to writing. By mid-semester in high school typing class I was still too slow to appear on the progress chart, which began at at a ridiculously fast 40 words-per-minute. Happily, the teacher banished me to the school library instead of redoing the chart.
In the library [...]