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7 Things You’ve Never Heard about Russian Weddings

Recently, my darling wife and I celebrated our third anniversary. In the midst of writing long swathes of my second novel about …

Yesterday, I got back from an amazing trip to Saratov, Russia, where I was one of 41 men recording sacred music for a men’s choir …

The Hut on Chicken Feet Slavic mythology would not be the same without the old hag with an odd taste in food and …

These days, Tolkien isn’t particularly popular among certain readers and publishers of fantasy. To be called “Tolkien-esque” can …

Recently, I've been having trouble with a main character's journey in my second novel. He literally wasn't going anywhere fast. It …

As I’ve begun to delve deeply into my second novel, I’m considering using the time of the year as a contrast to the characters’ …

Something a little lighter this week. I generally like to have a vivid mental picture of events and places and people before I …

Too often in modern fantasy fiction, the invented societies and characters are reflections of the failings of our world. There are …

Did you know that Columbus was looking for a mysterious Christian king of India when he stumbled upon the New World? Most people …

As I was doing research for my first series of novels, I came across a Russian article about the Cossacks and how much they …