When One's Heroes Are *Actually* Monsters [From the Twitterverse]

[From Twitter]Finding out one of my favorite epic fantasy writer influences was an evil-from-pit-of-h3ll foster parent who locked his kid in a basement cage is sending me into a tizzy!

1:55 AM · Apr 22, 2021

If you want to know who it is, their name is in the keywords and I will be linking other posts within this blog along with adding asterisks(*) within those earlier posts.

He and his wife served a year in prison for abusing foster children. There are archived newspaper clippings that detail his crimes. *Whew!* 

Here are the links to each blog post mentioning this author. Dear Lord, I'm sick to my stomach...

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Facebook post - Aug. 14, 2014

 https://inprettyprint.blogspot.com/2016/08/facebook-post-aug-14-2014.html

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Just a thought...

https://inprettyprint.blogspot.com/2012/07/just-thought.html

Sunday, April 15, 2012

How I came to Fantasy

https://inprettyprint.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-i-came-to-fantasy.html

 

Facebook post - Aug. 14, 2014[Addendum]

While watching "Dragon Dynasty" (2006) on the SyFy Channel, I realized how much I miss David Eddings*(Please read my April 2021 Post titled 'Our Heroes Are Actually Monster).

I always enjoyed racially and ethnically diverse epic fantasy, and the "Belgariad" was all that and more. That series changed my life! How much did it make an impact? The same as what other fantasy writers say about Tolkien.

Eddings* even wrote some titles with his wife. When Leigh Eddings(wife)*(Please read my April 2021 Post titled 'Our Heroes Are Actually Monster) died, he died shortly after.

I'll always feel a debt to an author that I know I could never pay back.

Just a thought...[Addendum]

How I enjoy stories where the supernatural world affects the natural world, and how I employ this in my epic fantasy cat stories!
I learned this technique from David Eddings*(Please read my April 2021 Post titled 'Our Heroes Are Actually Monster) when I read his fabulous Belgariad series!

 

How I came to Fantasy [Addendum]

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Unlike most writers who were brought to fantasy by way of Tolkien, I was only lucky enough to have seen the animated version of "The Hobbit" and "The Return of the King".

I am a late bloomer to Tolkien, having read him in my early twenties. Instead, those who brought me to fantasy in the way of wanting to write it has to go to Hans Christian Anderson, Aesop, and the Brothers Grimm, as well as various mythologies.

Actually, I can pinpoint wanting to write fantasy in 10th grade by way of Weis' and Hickman's "Death Gate Cycle" (Please read. Your mind will be blown at the 2nd-3rd book in this groundbreaking series).

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Later, I fell in love with David Eddings'*(Please read my April 2021 Post titled 'Our Heroes Are Actually Monster) "Belgariad", further solidifying my resolve.

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