Earl Skuli was my friend, I thought. But in life he was not even a real collaborator. He had his own ambitions and his own problems. He couldn’t resign himself to be second to Hakon, who after all was the rightful heir to the throne. Skuli connived and plotted and it was the end of … Continue reading Chapter 104 – Skuli and Gissur

So you want to be a writer There are thousands of ‘How to Be A Writer’ books, guides and self help books. Books for all levels of experience and expertise, books about all aspects of writing. Thousands of them are good and thousands are very good. I have read many, maybe approaching fifty. I watch … Continue reading You Can Do It: A Guide For New Writers (#1)

What is that moment when the boy becomes a man, when he realizes that choice belongs to him, when it is his own words and actions that will shape an outcome? For me, the seed was planted when I was still at Oddi. My first real taste was when I understood that the dominion of … Continue reading Chapter 103 – Voices

You are the beautiful people who sit with me through sun and candle light, who reach out hands to share the peace and chase all trepidation from the dark. Yours is the face of friendship, with loving hearts full of song, and your devotion a lifelong pledge, whose promise is my lodestar. I love you … Continue reading Beautiful People

Even though your light is fading, you can still shine bright. I told myself this again and again. Things were not good. I confess that I was at a loss at the world crumbling around me. It had not occurred to me that I might be without power, the feeling was alien and though it … Continue reading Chapter 102 – The Light