Category Archives: Novels

Visualizing Mythology

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Sarah

The key story from the mythology of Arveniem for my novel The Ring of Adonel (which I’m still working upon) involves the wounding of Adonel Aelianus and the consequent making of the Sun. The Myth The short version of the … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Immortality In Fiction

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Sarah

(Originally Posted on Live Journal — Dec. 6th, 2009 at 7:33 PM) There was a discussion on sartorias ’ LJ some time ago about Elves in current fantasy. What makes them different than being “ordinary humans with magical powers”? This … Continue reading →

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Late Night Ideas and Surprise Foreshadowing

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Sarah

I had some interesting thoughts on how writers come to include foreshadowing in their works. It isn’t always planned. (Originally posted on Live Journal — Jun. 28th, 2009 at 8:17 AM) Last night, as I was getting ready for bed, I … Continue reading →

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Archeological Creativity

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Sarah

(Originally posted on Live Journal – Feb. 9th, 2009 at 9:29 AM) Or would it be creative archeology? The last couple of weeks I’ve been transferring information from two notebooks into a program on my computer. Now, that might sound … Continue reading →

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From Text to Image

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Sarah

(Originally published on LiveJournal) One of the things about being both a writer and an artist is that eventually, the artist gets an itch to draw something that the writer has written. Of all the possible scenes, characters, and events … Continue reading →

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