YA market

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006 @ 5:17 pm Jeff's Blog | Comments Off

I have been kicking around for the better part of a year the thought of writing a fantasy novel targeted for the YA market. Maybe it was seeing Chris Paolini's success with Eragon or also my love of the Harry Potter novels. My own first brush with the genre started... Read More

Caspar David Friedrich

Monday, May 8th, 2006 @ 11:39 am Jeff's Blog | Comments Off

Caspar David Friedrich was a Germany romantic painter from the 19th century. In high school, I had a paperback copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula and it featured one of Friedrich's famous paintings on the cover... Read More

The Ravenmaster

Saturday, May 6th, 2006 @ 5:40 pm Stories | Comments Off

The inspiration for this story came from a friend of mine named Sam Andrus. He had returned from a trip to London and had purchased me a postcard from the famous Tower of London. The postcard came in a brown wrapper that described the legend of the ravens there. I... Read More

Podcast of “The Wishing Lantern”

Thursday, April 27th, 2006 @ 3:48 pm Podcasts Stories | Comments Off

This is the first story that I wrote that was ever published. Though it was many years ago, it has always been a favorite. A few months ago I downloaded the free podcasting software Audacity, bought a cheap USB microphone (because the mic on my laptop picked up the whirring... Read More

In the beginning…

Thursday, April 27th, 2006 @ 3:28 pm Jeff's Blog | Comments Off

How does one start a blog? I don't know the answer to that, so I'll just start here, at the beginning. I'm testing out this blog software (WordPress) and just created my first page, the 'About' page to talk about IDUMEA and what it means. I don't know how often I'll be... Read More