If you’ve read A Tale of Scorched Ash and Elm, or been a part of the ARC team for Child of Ash Heir of Fire, you’ve noticed a pattern. Midwinter arrives, the fire gets built, and at some point a horse bites the dust. When someone asks about this, they typically have the look of …
And Why Pop Culture Gets Him Wrong The Norse God Freyr is one of the most important gods in the Norse pantheon. He is also one of the most consistently ignored, misrepresented, and flattened by modern pop culture, and that bothers me more than I can reasonably explain in a single blog post, but I’m …
A Viking Dark Fantasy Author Explains Here’s a question I get asked a lot: how do you research Norse Mythology for a Viking dark fantasy series? The short answer is: very carefully, and with a deep suspicion of whatever you thought you already knew. Because here’s the thing nobody tells you when you first fall …
If you’ve picked up a Norse-inspired fantasy novel recently, you’ve probably encountered her: the woman who stands at the edge of firelight, staff in hand, eyes somewhere else entirely. She speaks in riddles. She knows too much. She makes the warriors uncomfortable in a way that no sword can. She is the völva. And she …