JRR Tolkein

It’s Just A Job–Wood Elves (2024)

An update on the 2011 post Elves as they appear in modern fantasy fiction were plucked from Norse mythology, where there were High and Dark Elves, and the Dark Elves were the forerunners of Dwarves as we know them in fantasy fiction. But Wood Elves were not part of Norse mythology.  They have evolved from […]

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It’s Just a Job – High Elves

I have been running this site for over twenty years, since I first was published. The blog section of the site (that you’re reading now–and possibly, you’re reading it as an email), has had a couple of iterations. I started a blog when I was first published and many of the posts in this series

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I Do Not Believe It!

What don’t I believe?  Well, I don’t believe it snowed here this morning!  It’s nearly June, for heaven’s sake! And yep, we had snow. It didn’t stick around, as the temperature is above zero (just), but it was cold enough that I reluctantly pulled out socks and put them on. In all the fuss about

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My Top 5 Most Influential Authors

I grew up without a television and in a tiny little wheatbelt town that didn’t have any kids my own age in it  — there were only five houses and the one other house that had kids, the kids were all boys. So I read.  A lot. Keeping this list to just five major influencers

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It’s Just A Job – Wood Elves

It’s Just A Job – Wood Elves Elves as they appear in modern fantasy fiction were plucked from Norse mythology, where there were High and Dark Elves, and the Dark Elves were the forerunners of Dwarves as we know them in fantasy fiction. But Wood Elves were not part of Norse mythology.  They have evolved

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