“I write stories of hope for others who, like myself, can often feel that we live in a broken world.”
- Michael Somerville, Author
They say that it is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.
Lacking candles, I tell stories.
My stories, written for my children, imagine a magical, heroic, broken world that is on the mend. It’s a realm that I hope you will love to discover and explore along with me. Let’s go!
A new world to explore.
For almost a decade, the Broken Realm has been growing in my mind. Now, it’s yours to explore as well. Take a look.
Enter the Broken Realm.
Find a new favorite.
If you’re like me, you are always looking for great books and uplifting stories that you can share with your family. The Tales from the Broken Realm are just that … or they are trying to be.
Take a look. And then, let me know how we can make them better.
Why should grown-ups tell fairy stories?
Perhaps because we still hope for “happily ever after.”
J.R.R. Tolkien said it well in his thoughts “On Fairy Stories”…
“The eucatastrophic tale is the true form of fairy-tale, and its highest function …
It does not deny the existence of dyscatastrophe, of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance; it denies (in the face of much evidence, if you will) universal final defeat … giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy, Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.
It is the mark of a good fairy-story … that however wild its events, however fantastic or terrible the adventures, it can give to child or man that hears it, when the “turn” comes, a catch of the breath, a beat and lifting of the heart, near to (or indeed accompanied by) tears.”
These stories are almost ready … but they’re not ready yet.
Do you want to hear more? If so, please let me know where I can reach you. Join the mailing list so that we can keep in touch.