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DArenson · 02-02-2011, 05:18 PM

Thanks, queentess! I hope you enjoy Firefly Island.

Eye of the Wizard is not as "serious" or "dark" as my previous novels. Flaming Dove is a tragedy. The Gods of Dream deals with trauma, escapism, and facing one's demons. But Eye of the Wizard is my homage to the fantasy novels I read growing up, especially the TSR paperbacks of the 1980s and early 90s. Those novels were short (Eye of the Wizard is only 85,000 words long -- about 250 paperback pages) and didn't take themselves too seriously. They gave you scary monsters, heroes to root for, villains to hate, and jokes to laugh (or groan) at. With this novel, I took a break from the more serious fantasy, and simply wrote a short book for entertaining readers with some action, magic, humor, and lots of creepy monsters.

02-02-2011, 05:18 PM	#10
DArenson ebookworm Posts: 268 Karma: 100026 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kobo, Kindle	Thanks, queentess! I hope you enjoy Firefly Island. Eye of the Wizard is not as "serious" or "dark" as my previous novels. Flaming Dove is a tragedy. The Gods of Dream deals with trauma, escapism, and facing one's demons. But Eye of the Wizard is my homage to the fantasy novels I read growing up, especially the TSR paperbacks of the 1980s and early 90s. Those novels were short (Eye of the Wizard is only 85,000 words long -- about 250 paperback pages) and didn't take themselves too seriously. They gave you scary monsters, heroes to root for, villains to hate, and jokes to laugh (or groan) at. With this novel, I took a break from the more serious fantasy, and simply wrote a short book for entertaining readers with some action, magic, humor, and lots of creepy monsters.