Brian Stansell

@ashley-tegart Very interesting! I do have a love for British and Russian literature. What aspects would you say you draw from them？

@obrian-of-the-surface-world Ah, yes, guilds…I miss my Erekdale. Wow, all three of these dragons sound very cool. I love how you have Bible verses from which they are based. And which themes in particular would y…[Read more]

@skylarynn Nice! Are there any certain culture’s legends which you are more partial to?

@imwritehere1920 I’ve been meaning to read The Girl Who Drank The Moon, actually! Best of luck with your research!

@obrian-of-the-surface-world Haha, thank you for the warm welcome. I’ve actually been here since the day Story Embers was established (you can…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

So, usually I do medieval Fantasy (i.e Ranger’s Apprentice style) with maybe a very light touch of magic (I have a phoenix in my current WIP novel).  But I’ve also tried a dystopian/fantasy style for a MG short story I just finished.  It’s kinda like alt. history, in the sense that there’s wagons, trains, towns and cities, b…[Read more]

@obrian-of-the-surface-world,

Thanks for the reminders! Here’s a piece of micro-fiction I wrote for a contest that I decided to use as a guinea pig. There’s a few bloopers, but let me know what you think (and if I did the link right).

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<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Y</span><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>ou…[Read more]

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

And no, I do not have a website or newsletter unfortunately.  I’m just a fledgling author and my fulltime occupation is learning as a student still.  I’ll probably have to start a website at some point though considering the amount of stories I plan to pen, and when I do I’ll be glad to put a link on here.

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Technically Ekavir is from my second WIP, A Syne of Marring, in a way.  That’s part of the same world that A Syne of Marring takes place in, though on a different part of the continent and a few centuries back in time.  That world is really large and there’s lots of stories in it.

Hey, would anyone mind if I swapped out Þorunn for someone else?  She seems to have worn out her welcome and Chantara tried to kill her, so…

As for who I want to bring in, I have a few ideas:
Casurus, a side-character hero who wears an eyepatch but not because he’s blind
Acantha, an empress who seems either benevolent or evil depending on how y…[Read more]

@obrian-of-the-surface-world Prologue Meeting of Monsters!

1. Is there anything that stood out to you as intriguing about this scene?
The contrast between the two villains was fascinating, especially as they plotted dividing the people. Contrasting the villains’ different appearances with the division they plan to work make increase the flow a…[Read more]

@obrian-of-the-surface-world
Yes I keep meaning to write the answers to those scene questions, I’ve just managed to juggle way too many projects all at once yet again at twenty of the balls have fallen over two jugglers died and my imaginary friend is running with scissors again 😉
But I loved listening to it while I was working, (can’t wait to…[Read more]