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Viking and Norse Vol 2

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 admin

Volume 2 The next volume in the Viking and Norse series is nearing end of first draft. Writing non-fiction is wonderful, but it takes a lot more time to get […]

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Posted in Book Extracts, Books, Checkin, Manuscripts, Viking NorseTagged Books, Nordic mythology, Norse origins

Checkin Nov 2017

November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 admin

A new timeline! Inspired by the dual timelines of the HBO TV-series True Detective, I’ve been developing the new timeline, an interesting one – being the present. This means the […]

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Posted in Checkin, MusingsTagged Conceptual development, Scenes, Series concepts

A New Beginning

November 4, 2017November 4, 2017 admin

I’ve been doing a lot of re-thinking recently. I’ve decided to start the long, slow road to writing a screenplay for The Elements, based on developing a pitch for the […]

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Posted in Book Extracts, Musings, Project DevelopmentTagged Conceptual development, Elements concept, Scenes, Series concepts

Heorot — Tolkien’s Meduseld, Hall Of Kings

October 1, 2017October 1, 2017 admin

Overlooking a shallow meandering valley, raised on a hill facing South are the remains of perhaps, two of the most important constructions for our collection understanding of the Hero Age […]

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Posted in Book Extracts, Books, Historical Sources, NorseTagged Books, Nordic mythology, Norse origins

Review of Fear of Broken Glass

September 17, 2017 admin

Originally posted by author David Higgins  5TH MAY 2017 ~ DAVE HIGGINS ‘Dave Higgins writes speculative fiction, often with a dark edge. Despite forays into the mundane worlds of law and IT, he […]

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Posted in UncategorizedTagged Books, Fear Of Broken Glass, Reviews

Awakening

August 7, 2017August 7, 2017 admin

Today, on Monday 07.08 2017 something kind of weird and wonderful happened. To receive news of the forthcoming release of Awakening, signup for The Elements newsletter I started self-publishing in […]

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Posted in Astrological exploration, Book Extracts, Books, The Elements Concept, TimelinesTagged Books, Elements concept, Elements themes, Future, Series concepts

The Secrets of the Prognosticon

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 admin

Prognostikon – The Divining Disc of Pergamon To be featured in The Elements The Prognosticon or Prognostikon is the name of a magical bronze circle pendant from ancient Greece, from the […]

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Posted in Astrological exploration, Beliefs, Historical Sources, The Elements ConceptTagged Ancient Greece, Astrology, Celestial Esoterica, Egyptology, Sources1 Comment

The Elven Star Eärendil and The Norse

May 18, 2017September 27, 2017 admin

The Elven Star Eärendil and The Norse Sources for the shining light of the Silmaril that had been rescued from the the Northern Lands of Angband by the elvish-man couple Lúthien […]

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Posted in Beliefs, Legends, NorseTagged Books, Nordic mythology, Sources

Draugar

May 10, 2017May 10, 2017 admin

The Draugar, the living undead we know from Tolkien, not zombies were known as the Draugar. The following is an extract from chapter 2 of Volume 1 of Viking Legends […]

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Posted in Beliefs, Book Extracts, Legends, NorseTagged Nordic mythology, Underworld

Revisiting Nordic Mythology

April 18, 2017May 7, 2017 admin

Could the Norse gods have been real historical people? This is just one of the questions I’ll be looking at in this series, since I decided this Easter to do something […]

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Posted in Books, Historical Sources, Legends, Norse, OriginsTagged Books, Nordic mythology, Norse origins

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