Author: tmitchell

Fantasy

Want to know what inspired me to become a writer?


If anyone had told me when I graduated high school that I’d one day become a published writer, I would’ve said, “You’re demented! I can’t write. All you have to do is look at my English grades to know that would never happen in a million years. I’m going to be an artist. Ask my art teacher.

Read More

Fantasy

Is it a sea creature or an alien?


The moment I saw Taiyoung Choi’s painting of what’s actually an alien for some sci-fi fiction books, I thought of the scryer from the Lightning Sword in Fate’s Fables. Here’s a short excerpt from the fable: Lortaun climbed to the oracle set high in the mountain of Alderath  to consult the scryer, a magical sea beast whose

Read More

Fantasy

Imaginaerum has captured my imagination.


Recently released in Germany and Austria, Imaginaerum, by the band Nightwish, looks like an interesting, dreamy, nightmarish movie . “Imaginaerum tells the story of an elderly composer, Tom, who suffers from severe dementia. As he has had the disease for years and has regressed into childhood, he remembers practically nothing from his adult life. His music,

Read More