Merlin’s Secret Sauce

Merlin’s Secret Sauce

Merlin’s Secret Sauce Let’s celebrate Merlin. The original wizard is one of the most beloved characters of all time, someone who has inspired tales for centuries around the globe. Taken together, those tales weave a glorious tapestry of myth and magic. But there is a...
Join Me for a Website Tour

Join Me for a Website Tour

Join Me for a Website Tour I have loaded my website full of all kinds of goodies. You’ll, of course, find information about all of my books, catch up on my blogs, connect to my podcast, and read a large selection of my articles and interviews. But I’ve also included...
Heroes All Around Us

Heroes All Around Us

Heroes All Around Us As all of my readers can attest, young heroes play an important role in my stories – fiction and nonfiction alike. I am often asked why this is — what is my fascination with young heroes — and the answer is quite simple: young heroes play an...
Introducing Magic & Mountains

Introducing Magic & Mountains

Introducing Magic & Mountains “All we have, truly, all we have, is our time and our souls.” – T. A. Barron I am thrilled to announce the upcoming release of my new podcast, Magic & Mountains! This is a project that I have been eager to share for so long...
The Art of Kindness

The Art of Kindness

The Art of Kindness There is magic in kindness. Not rabbit-out-of-a-hat magic, but the true life-changing stuff of miracles. Genuine, heartfelt kindness creates a type of magic that is never-ending — a kind that multiplies with every person it touches. I’ve come to...
GIANT Virtual Book Tour

GIANT Virtual Book Tour

GIANT Virtual Book Tour I’m thrilled to announce that my latest book, GIANT: The Unlikely Origins of Shim, a prequel to The Merlin Saga featuring Shim, is coming to bookstores everywhere on October 26th. In honor of this magical opening to a story that means so...
The Magic of Reading

The Magic of Reading

The Magic of Reading What makes a book ‘worth reading’, to me? I read everything that interests me … which is quite a lot! Of course, I’m extremely fond of great nature writing, but I have long loved biographies of amazing people, and...

To Walk in Wilderness Excerpt

TO WALK IN WILDERNESS EXCERPT From Day 3 Rain, relentless rain. The downpour at Little Gem Lake continues unabated all through the night and well into the next day. At times fog rolls in, so thick that the ground a few feet outside our sopping tent becomes nothing...

The Wisdom of Merlin Excerpt

THE WISDOM OF MERLIN EXCERPT Courage Courage is essential. How else can we dream of who we can become and what we want for the world? And it also takes courage to turn those dreams into reality. You see, life can have great meaning—but only if we discover that meaning...

Atlantis Lost Excerpt

ATLANTIS LOST EXCERPT 1 A Gentle Wing Music had always filled her thoughts—even before she was born. During all her months in her mother’s womb, Omarya heard music everywhere. Songs hummed in her still-forming ears, danced to the cadence of her mother’s heartbeat, and...

Atlantis Rising Excerpt

ATLANTIS RISING EXCERPT A Distant Melody That morning, you had no idea of all the momentous changes to come. Very soon, you learned. And then you traded your life and everything you ever loved for that little bit of magic—a truly terrible price. And I am to blame for...
10 Great Stories to Read Right Now

10 Great Stories to Read Right Now

10 Great Stories to Read Right Now I was in my twenties before I discovered and fell in love with J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. A little later in life than many other Tolkien fans, perhaps, but it was absolutely the right time for me — reading his richly...