Daniel Arenson, Fantasy Blog

Well... that makes five. There are now FIVE completed Requiem trilogies. Fifteen novels in this crazy world where people can become dragons.
Five years ago, on a cold Sunday morning, I stepped into a bookstore in downtown Toronto. I had a notebook, a pen, and an MP3 player with Mozart's Requiem playing. I sat at a little coffeeshop inside the bookstore, listened to the music, and began to...

Sometimes the muse strikes, and it's wonderful. Sometimes you're just in the zone, and it's like the spirits of creation are controlling your fingers, weaving the words for you.
But that doesn't always happen. It can't, or you'd go insane and burn up. Part of being a professional writer is writing even without muse. It's waking up every morning, sitting down, and getting to work. And it's like any other work--like writing code...

Some thoughts about Cecil the lion and other animals...
A common accusation is: "If you care about Cecil the lion, that means you don't care about ____."  That's absolutely false. We can care about lions and other issues. Many people don't feel comfortable discussing politics, religion, racism, and other...

I normally don't like getting political online. Really, I don't. But I've been thinking about something a lot lately. And I'd like to hear the perspective of my Canadian friends, because I honestly want to understand this issue better. And I'd like to...