The Author, on a lazy day in the park.
I hope you enjoy this site. You will find
Reviews of my work, a
Bookstore where you can purchase copies (which are also available on
Amazon,
Barnes & Noble, and
Books-A-Million),
Links to other websites of interest, and a wealth of information. You may also want to read my
Interview with
Young Adult Books Central that was done on May 16, 2009, in which I talk about my books, my thoughts on publishing and movies, and several other topics as they relate to young adult literature. Make sure to visit my
Blog, where I will be posting my own reviews of books that I consider useful or enjoyable to read, and my thoughts and comments about a variety of issues.
Finally, please feel free to
Contact Me with any comments or questions you may have. I always love to hear from fans.
Now, a little about my writing. Most of my work has been fantasy, for several reasons. Partly because that's what I've always loved to read, and partly because I think it offers the greatest opportunities for creativity. All creative writing is fantasy, in a sense, because even when a book deals with the normal everyday world, it still talks about people who don't really exist, saying and doing things that never really happened. Here's a good site where you can purchase other
books by some of your favorite authors at a low price.
As all fantasy writers do, I owe an immense debt to J.R.R. Tolkien. Not only for his Lord of the Rings series and other books, but for his crucially important essay "On Fairy Stories", which lays down the basic rules and mechanics of fantasy writing which have been used by almost all authors in that genre ever since. Some of my other influences have included C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, William Morris, Madeleine L'Engle, and many others to a lesser extent. It's been said that an author is only as good a writer as he is a reader, and I can well believe the truth of that.
Most of my books and stories I wrote for my children or for my younger cousins and family members. It's always been my wish to teach them to be noble of heart and to nurture their love of bright and beautiful things, and to lead them as best I can to love and honor the God who created them. Along the way I've learned that love is very much a two-way street, and the more you give then the more you have. For more detail on my thoughts about the nature and purpose of writing for a Christian author, see my recent
Articles.
Thank you for visiting my site, and God bless!