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Brian McArthur

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Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield

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Brian McArthur (1984-) grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona and currently lives with his family in Maine. Since 2011, he has run the Adventure Foundation (http://www.theadventurefoundation.org), a nonprofit organization providing adventure therapy to at-risk adolescents. In 2008, he was awarded the “Embracing Community Literacy Award” by the National Council of La Raza. Brian strives to share his love of the outdoors with young people through real-life adventures and his writing. He is an adventure therapist at the Maine Children's Home. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Brian McArthur Most of my ideas come when I'm away from the computer, so I keep a little journal with me on the trail or my phone with me in the city. Often these id…moreMost of my ideas come when I'm away from the computer, so I keep a little journal with me on the trail or my phone with me in the city. Often these ideas come at 2am, so keeping these next to my bed or sleeping bag is essential. The creative juices usually come in waves, and I try to take advantage of them when they come, dropping whatever I was doing and pounding out my thoughts before real life forces me to be responsible and productive again. When I get writer's block, I try and give it about 30 minutes to resolve itself by writing anyway. Most of the time the writer's block subsides, and creativity begets more creativity. When it doesn't, I give up and do something else with my life until the ideas come again. No use trying to force it. I find that the result is painfully slow, boring, and labored writing. Just not something I would ever want to read, much less publish!(less)

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Brian McArthur The Knights of Akhan is probably the installment of the Taldorian Chronicles that is dearest to my heart. We'll have to see once it's all finished! Th…moreThe Knights of Akhan is probably the installment of the Taldorian Chronicles that is dearest to my heart. We'll have to see once it's all finished! The plot is picking up, and it is so much fun to write.

The reason is the setting: the sunbaked wilderness between the River Andŭn and the Dağlar Mountains is where I would probably choose to live in the land of Taldor. Anyone who has been to the Nabataean ruins of Petra in Jordan, or Havasupai Falls in the Grand Canyon, or Sedona, Arizona, has experienced some of the wild beauty I am trying to capture in this book. After hours of hiking under a sun that kills, you suddenly stumble across breathtaking oases and impressive ruins, bursts of color that delight your weary eyes and pools of cool water that bring life tingling back to your skin. Having grown up in northern Arizona, these are some of my favorite places in our amazing world.

The other reason is the core theme of the story. Fighting human trafficking is one of my passions, and I try to depict it in all its heartbreaking reality, only set in a fictional land. The characters in The Knights of Akhan have the benefit of magecraft to combat this great evil, but the pain and loss they experience is enough to destroy anyone. Hakan of Korah, Kadir of Kazakh, and Çakal the coyote animist show us what life is like from Hakan's perspective. This book is written as if it were his personal memoir, as a warning to the Mage Council that the Scarlet Disciples are very much an active force in the badlands.(less)

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	Outrunner (The Taldorian Chronicles, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings — 6 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
	Awakening (The Taldorian Chronicles, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings — 4 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
	Antirion Prophecy (The Taldorian Chronicles, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 23 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
	Adalrikur (The Taldorian Chronicles, #4) 3.76 avg rating — 17 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
	Knights of Akhan (The Taldorian Chronicles, #5) 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
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Awakening now on audible!

The audiobook of Awakening: Book Two of the Taldorian Chronicles is now available for download! Kayle Trapp is back with 9 straight hours of action and intrigue. Will Rühn survive the raid from Sutherland? What is the next twist in the prophecy? Don't miss Kayle's amazing voice acting introducing endearing new characters!

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Into the Reckoning (Rise of the Republic Book 10)

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