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Darryl Frayne

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Born

Kingston, ON, Canada

Website

https://maidstonechronicles.com

Genre

Fantasy, Young Adult

Influences

J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling ...more

Member Since

June 2017

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Thanks for visiting my Goodreads page! As a new indie author, I enjoy interacting with the Goodreads community. My first book is Across the Fourwinds, which I co-authored with Shane Trusz. The Maidstone Chronicles is a story told in a trilogy, with an accompanying prequel, The Sword of Avarthrill, published in February 2026.

As far as I can remember, my journey into writing began when I was about 11 or 12 years old. I had always enjoyed stories, so I experimented with some comic-book style writing. I would draw my characters in small boxes, complete with talking bubbles for dialogue!

My favorite books growing up include The Wizard of Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Lord of the Rings. As an adult, some ...more

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	Across the Fourwinds (The Maidstone Chronicles, #1) by Shane Trusz (Goodreads Author), Darryl Frayne (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Hollowtangle (The Maidstone Chronicles, #2) by Shane Trusz (Goodreads Author), Darryl Frayne (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Maidstone (The Maidstone Chronicles Book 3) by Shane Trusz (Goodreads Author), Darryl Frayne (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maidstone Chronicles: The Complete Trilogy by Shane Trusz (Goodreads Author), Darryl Frayne (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sword of Avarthrill: A Maidstone Chronicles Prequel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Across the Fourwinds by Shane Trusz (Goodreads Author), Darryl Frayne (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sword of Avarthrill: A Maidstone Chronicles Prequel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Reading Fantasy Like a Scientist

I read an interesting article today about reading like a scientist. To be clear: I am no scientist. And as much as I love to read, I don’t claim to follow the article’s advice very well.

Be sure to read the article, but in summary, the author suggests three practices to read with the curiosity of a scientist in order to gain the greatest benefit (aka enjoyment) from your reading:

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