On Inspiration

I‘d like to think that there will come a time when people will ask me where I get my inspiration from and I can actually sit down and say something meaningful, as opposed to, “Weeelp, there’s just all these voices in my head, and if I don’t do what they say…” It is true, of …

My First Post! Jaeth’s Eye Summary, and Other Things…

It’s been over a week since we got back from an overnight hike in the Callaghan Valley. Apparently, this is the thing I do now. Living in beautiful British Columbia, it seems like such a waste not to spend a nice, summer weekend in the outdoors…even if we did spend a majority of it slopping around in wet, wool socks under drenching rain…

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In other news, the team and I have been busy working on a couple of projects to be published under World Tree Publishing, which includes my debut novel, Jaeth’s Eye: a traditional epic fantasy novel with a character-driven focus. What can I say–I’m a sucker for a good adventure.

It has been years since his brother’s accident. Kefier was only just beginning to live a normal life–at least, as normal as it could get for a mercenary from a run-down town. And then an errand goes wrong and he finds himself holding his friend`s bloody corpse.

Already once branded a murderer, he is pursued by men he once considered friends and stumbles into the midst of a war between two mages. One bears a name long forgotten in legend; the other is young, arrogant Ylir, who takes special interest in making sure Kefier is not killed by his associates. The apex of their rivalry: a terrible creature with one eye, cast from the womb of a witch, with powers so immense whoever possesses it holds the power to bring the continent to its knees.

Now begins an epic story with roots reaching beyond the end of another. Here, a father swears vengeance for his slain children; there, a peasant girl struggles to feed her family. A wayward prince finds his way home and a continent is about to be torn asunder. And Kefier is only beginning to understand how it all began the moment he stood on that cliff and watched his brother fall…”

You can check out the cover and other details on my publisher’s website right here.