Wyrd of life within
Word of sorrow to belong
Wurd of faith to fall

I blame Kerouac for this thing. I've lived with it for ten years, and it's time to let it out. If you understand a word of it, I both envy and pity you. SUPER ID Running from the underself I break against the fight of choice Into nearby thoughts I duck Dash and leap beyond the neurons Want again for...

I met Michael Whelan at Gen Con one year. He said the publishers of Mordant's Need pressured him to make the cover paintings look like Hildebrandt and Darrel K. Sweet. He called SRD to ask his opinion. Donaldson told him, "Paint what you want. I trust you." Whelan finally signed the painti...

Tolkien is also not free of the accusation of theft. No story is truly original. Tolkien borrowed heavily from Celtic and Norse mythology, particularily the Volsung Saga. Yes, LOTR and TCTC both have a magic ring, and evil lord and a war. That's like complaining that two painters both used the same ...