Pictures: THE DARK THORN
Here are some photos taken when The Dark Thorn arrived from the printer along with some pictures of the book seen in the wild world of bookstores!
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Writing: The Everwinter Wraith
With The Dark Thorn largely put to bed and nearly on its way to the printer, I have begun to look at its sequel, The Everwinter Wraith. The Dark Thorn is a self-contained story. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end. All storylines are resolved and my characters are changed by that end. …
The Dark Thorn
Beneath the streets of Seattle, a long-forgotten war is about to be renewed… Richard McAllister, a spiritually destitute homeless man and Knight of the Yn Saith, protects one of seven portals linking his world to that of Annwn, where the fey Tuatha de Dannan of antiquity have been relegated by a long-running religious war. Unknown …
Unfettered
You define life or it defines you. In Shawn Speakman’s case, it was both. Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hogdkin’s lymphoma in 2011, Shawn quickly accrued a massive medical debt that he did not have the ability to pay. That’s when New York Times best-selling author Terry Brooks offered to donate a short story …
A Warm Welcome
Welcome to my new site! It has been a long time in coming. Once upon a time, I had a small, fun website where I wrote a diary about writing The Dark Thorn from concept to finishing the first draft. That website went to the wayside while I worked on other projects though and then …