The Fireside

Guess what? I’m back at the writing! The other night I wasn’t planning on doing any, and I churned out a page after a quick format check of all my documents. It seems that the manuscript submission guidleines have either changed, or become slightly less strict in the past few years. I like to adhere to those as I write, that way I won’t have to worry about formatting later on. I’m going to try and get more in from time to time, but I take that ‘random spout’ as a good sign. You can’t rush or force this. Sometimes it just comes, and other times, you just aren’t in the mood to sit at the computer. I’m also in the progress of migrating from my old main pc to my new main PC. It’ll take a little bit before it’s entirely back, but I’m up and running now. All of my book titles are 'as of now.' I'd like to to use them, and explore what they could mean, or how to tie into my work. This may go against writing, in that you write first, and have your book title near t...

Ok, I realize something now: when I suggest Tolkien books to get, I tend to favour my preferred editions of the books. At the time I publish those posts, they may be in stock. But, months later, they may not be, thus making them harder to find, even online. T his post is for those who may not have the time and effort to go hunting after a particular edition ; or anyone wishing to get hardbacks of Tolkien's books.   The numbers I'm listing below are the ISBN, a direct link to a particular version of the book. I even put them in bold. In my research before writing this post, I have found some pretty common ones. So check these 'easier to find' hardback editions by plugging in the ISBN into whichever site you plan to buy them from [or search the ISBN on Google to read more about them. they are pretty basic, but still nice, and cost-effective.]   First up, we have The Hobbit , where it all began. If you're shopping in Canada using Chapters, I recommend...

Whether or not we’ll have The Winds of Winter by then, (or know the release date) there’s a reason to celebrate 2016 for Ice and Fire fans – it marks twenty years since the saga first began with A Game of Thrones . On October 18, the anniversary will be celebrated by publishing a hardback illustrated edition. At this point, all the details (artist who is illustrating, cover art etc) has yet to be revealed, but at the moment the page count is 992 pages, or 800, depending on which site you visit. The ISBN for this edition is 9780553808049 . So far, only the first book in the series will receive this format. I’m sure it’ll be great for collectors to grab up though. Other food for though I have: Martin seems extremely dedicated to finishing up The Winds of Winter, the next book in the series. There has been evidence in the past 3-6 months supporting this. After the book comes out, I fully expect a few non 'main book' (but still related, and in the world and mythos)...

So just a quick little update…. I’m still writing / and planning my book series. I’m not saying I’ve stopped writing it, but now I’m doing a bit more research and ‘planning’. So that’s the latest on me as an ‘author’. Still in mind, and written down, but not necessarily writing the ‘book’ itself at this point. Doing stuff so that I can writer further, and better. Me as a reader: I’ve finished re-reading The Silmarillion . Since about October, I’ve been re-reading some Tolkien, beginning with The Hobbit , and continuing with The Lord of the Rings , and recently The Silmarillion . Now I’m on Unfinished Tales . Following that, I’ll take a Tolkien break, most likely with The Winter King , and the other two books in that series. Once I do return to Tolkien (not for a bit of time due to my reading pile) it will be for, in my reading (and also published order) The Children of Hurin, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, The Fall of Arthur, Beowulf, and finally The Story of Kullervo . At...