(Scroll down to view the Pronunciation Guide.) A woman who has been reading The Last Heir sent in this comment: I’m really enjoying Shannon’s book! Great job, Shannon! I think it would be neat if you made a list of characters available, with just a short reminder of who’s who, and maybe also with pronunciations….
Month: September 2009
Announcing ‘The Other View’
A new section has been added to the website, called “The Other View”. It is for postings of short fiction, all taking place within the universe and story of The Last Heir. The vantage point taken of the story is one never found in the novel itself, providing the other view.
The World of Faerie
Last fall I began to think of writing a fantasy novel. This was a dubious idea for two reasons. One, I had read little fantasy, and most of that was Tolkien and Lewis. And two, the closest I had come in all my life to writing fantasy was a grade-school story about a talking bird…
The Secret People
G. K. Chesterton was a prolific author of almost kind every – poetry, novels, apologetics, journalism. He wrote a poem called “The Secret People”, rich in historical allusions. Below is the poem, with some explanation and analysis. An uninterrupted version of the poem can be found here. The Secret People by G. K. Chesterton Smile…