Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead was one of the first fantasy books I read all by myself.

My dad had already read me The Chronicles of Narnia, The Spirit Flyer Series, The Prydain Chronicles, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings… and I had already fallen in love with the genre. I can’t tell you how many times I read and re-read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (especially The Two Towers) over and over after he read them to us the first time.

But Taliesin was a gift from some family friends who, upon hearing that I liked fantasy, handed me a copy and told me I would love it.

I was 12.

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In our latest episode, we chat about my journey into self-publishing: how I got there, why I chose it, and some of the ins and outs I’ve learned along the way. This is just my story. There are many other options out there, so many tools and companies you can go with and choose from, and other indie authors probably know of even better routes to go, but this is the process that works for me. And if it is useful in any way to you, then I am glad.

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Happy New Year, dear Reader!

I’m actually getting my New Year’s blog post up on time this year! And by “on time” of course I’m being seriously subjective, because blog posts, like wizards, are never late, nor are they early.

But I don’t know how much more “on time” you can get with a New Year’s post going up on New Year’s day!

It is time for my annual looking back/looking forward post, in which we look back at last year’s dreams and look forward to continuing those dreams or making new ones for the coming year!

You can glance back at LAST YEAR’S POST to keep me honest, if you’d like!

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