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2020 has been a pretty intense year for me... For anyone who doesn't know me personally, I own a gym called Liberty Performance Training in Phoenix, AZ and in a year that has not been terribly kind to fitness facilities, we've had to do some serious out of the box...

A little over a week ago, I sent an e-mail to my favorite current fantasy author, Mark Lawrence. I included a copy of Architect and though I didn't expect him to reply, I hoped he would at least see it. I was amazed when the next day, he sent me an e-mail back and...

"Gripping from the very first page. A colossal and complex fantasy world unravels before readers’ hungry eyes in this tour de force warrior fantasy from an exciting new author in the genre. With a distinctive fellowship feel that would make Tolkien proud, this...

Biggest news up front: PHOENIX FAN FUSION HAS BEEN MOVED TO SEPTEMBER 25-27TH!!! I will have a booth set up on the top floor where I will be raffling off free signed copies of Architect: Book One of Calamity's Window as well as autographed copies of artwork by Blake...

The following is written by 11 year old Andrew Martinez of Phoenix, Arizona. It is untouched and in its original formatting. Most amazing to me is that while most adults sequester themselves away inside, complain about the current situation of world events, and come...

I have told many people that enjoyed Architect: Book 1 of Calamity's Window that it was simply me getting all the necessary sand in the sandbox in order to build sandcastles in Books 2 & 3. All of the characters you know, love, and hate will face their own trials...

Much of modern day fantasy is watered down, contrived, and self indulgent.  The beautiful worlds created by incredible talents like Martin, Sanderson, & Jordan become wastelands of adverbs and lost direction.  Instead of leaving a Tolkein-esque legacy of...