CHAPTER 1 Her song found me on the road and pulled at me like something out of a dream like when you know you have to find the end to a tunnel. So you look, but you’re not sure what it is you’re looking for. I knew what I had to find, the moment […]
Bergen Beyond
Bergen shoves his way into the little corner of Angela’s website he has preserved for himself. A bottle of Guinness clutched, too comfortably, in his hand. Perhaps he’s had one too much to drink…or five. Perhaps something deeper troubles him. The light is out save the single candle that burns on one of the tables. […]
One Lovely Blog Hop
This blog hop is designed to show our readers a more personal side to ourselves. We’ve been challenged by another author/ blogger (somewhat like the ‘ice bucket’ challenge) to list seven interesting facts to help cast light onto that tough writer’s/ blogger’s persona we all like to project. But we want to show that behind […]
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Angela steps into Bergen’s blog…
The lights are out. The bar feels…different. Angela conducts the infamous shifty-eyed inspection: left, right, left. Bergen is nowhere in sight, but the tension weighs too heavily on her shoulders. Something is most definitely up. She takes one step, and the 240-pound Viking prince plow-drives the writer to the floor and all goes dark. […]
A note about a Norsemen’s honor
In Nordic cultures, honor meant much more than dignity or respect. It determined a man’s credibility and dictated the level of respect he would receive. It defined a man’s reputation, which, in turn, determined how much property he could own. All Norsemen were born into a status, not unlike a caste system where they […]
Regarding the Dvergar
No subject proved more diverse in the research than that I did for the Dvergar. The wide amount of speculation spanning a millennium, allowed for a considerable amount of liberal translation than any other subject used for my story. Prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia (995 C.E.–1,000 C.E.) the stories and legends around the four […]
Into The Woods Movie Review
Shove over, Bergen! I need to vent! I just wrote a review for the movie, Into The Woods by Stephen Sondheim. I grew up with the movie starring Bernadette Peters and have seen two live versions one of which was done by Ithaca College. The other was on an off-Broadway show in New York. My […]
“I have an announcement!” Bergen says.
Announcing the writing of Bergen’s own series because his ego is too large to fit in my 160,000 word fantasy.
FAQ’s
How do you pronounce “Kallan”? “Ka” sounds like the “Kha” in “Khan” without the “n”. And “llan” rhymes with “on”. The emphasis is on the “Ka” so it reads like “KHA-lon” Are there elves and dwarfs in Dolor and Shadow? Yes. There are elves and dwarfs in Dolor and Shadow. My elves are called the […]