by Dan Blatt | Oct 31, 2018 | Reviews
Some books tell us stories which enchant us, filling us with wonder. Others, while enchanting us, remind us of the things that are truly important to us. And then there are those few which teach us a bit about story and why stories–and...
by Dan Blatt | Oct 30, 2018 | Mythology, Reviews
A J.R.R. Tolkien fan since my earliest adolescence, I have only in the past year begun to read the notebooks his son Christopher published in the 1980s and ‘90s as the twelve-volume History of Middle-earth. They do not draw us into the great master’s enchanted realm...
by Dan Blatt | Oct 30, 2018 | Reviews, Writing
As I was preparing for this website to go live, I considered the writing themes I wished to explore. In between revisiting my own creative process, the various steps that led from an idea emerging (as if of its own accord) in my head to my expressing that idea in...
