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Where did the ideas for my various fantasy stories come from? For one, the good Lord blessed me with a vivid imagination. At five years of age I was fascinated by story. I made up simple but intricate stories using my little plastic men, animals, building blocks and more. As I grew, the stories grew in complexity, and eventually I began to act them out with homemade swords, bows and arrows, and th Read more of this blog post »

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