Avalon's Eclipse

I'm In Such Big Trouble

2009-02-05T11:22:00.000-08:00

I apologize for not addressing this sooner. I have not been active because I have been under a most unceremonious and outragous attack by a waste of material using the moniker, Lord Rick. I vaguely recall being a member of a group with this troglodyte, and leaving after having been called something to the effect of a Floridian Redneck.Beyond that, I have no idea who this moron is.

Now, apparently, I am supposed to have caused him serious pain when I refused to send him money for marijuana while I was member of his group, a serious infraction, as I understand it. What's worse, is that I refuse to "toke up" too! Unforgivable!

If you would like to know who this Lord Rick fool is, I've been invited on an episode of Nightmare Theatre to discuss the matter with the host, who has also been accused of not eating buffalo wings with Lord Rick! The horror!What are the accusations? I'll post a link to the show, but one of the accusations is too funny not mention here.I apparantly threatened to curse him with death row inmates! He is now in Las Vegas and promises to call the local sheriff on me! I'm in big trouble! He apparently has screenshots of my misdeeds. Also, I supposedly stalked him and burnt down a friends house in Arizona!

Yes, Sir. Keep smoking and perhaps your delusions will actually make sense to you. Remember, the more stoned you are, the better your girlfriend looks.

Narrowed Release Time

2008-10-04T08:11:00.000-07:00

I am pleased to announce that my book is in cover design now, so I am expecting a release sometime late this month or next month. I can only hope for a Hall0ween/Samhain release and it looks like a strong possibility.

For the longest time, the world had forgotten magick, but magick never dies. An ordinary young girl with ordinary concerns is forced from her world as the greatest wizards ever resume their ancient war and only the one who may pull the sword from the stone may restore the balance.

Avalon's Eclipse

by T. R. Myers
ISBN: 1-60672-218-2

www.avalonseclipse.blogspot.com

www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Avalons_Eclipse

"Avalon's Eclipse" is scheduled for a 2009 release and will be available at Barnes & Noble. I will also make it available through my website and through www.craigslist.comAvalon's Eclipse is about a mortal girl who is decended from King Arthur. With many strange happenings around her and growing danger, she must rely on the wisdom of the immortal Myrddin and the Fairy Queen Morgan Le Fey, two beings who are often at odds. She also relies on the friendship of two fairies.A children's fantasy, "Avalon's Eclipse" is a colorful adventure with a firm grounding in philosophy and Paganism, written in the spirit of such authors as C. S. Lewis and J. K. Rowling, "Avalon's Eclipse" has a strong sense of magick, morality and family.

My Book Is On Its Way

2008-08-23T21:56:00.001-07:00

Hear ye! Hear ye!

I have sent my finished manuscript to the publishers. It is in the editing department now. Whether or not it shall be illustrated is now in question. Other than that, the book is on its way and its fate is now in the hands of the editors.

Wish me luck!

Poetry Scams and Sinthyia Darkness

2008-08-14T18:01:00.001-07:00

Hear ye! Hear ye! Let it be known that I would not be a published author were it not for my beloved Sinthyia. Now, in the true tradition of chivalry, I must stand and defend her honor. I have been compelled already to write of the villiany of poetry.com and this is very reason why.

Let it be known throughout the kingdom of Arthur and throughout all the lands that pay hommage to him that our fair Lady Darkness has been waylaid by thieves and ruffians. Poetry.com deviously and shamelessly has laid claim to three of her poems. These poems have been copyrighted by Sinthyia Darkness and published through PublishAmerica, but poetry.com does sell it on teeshirts, mugs and stationary without pretense. They do so without even an effort at recompense.

Now that their devilry has been discovered, the snakes in the grass now try to hide their sins, whilst still committing their thievery upon the fair lady! These villians have no shame or honor and lo, I doubt they would have the courage to meet with me upon the saddle in the jousting field.

This treachery cannot and shall not go unanswered and I say unto thee. The victims of this treachery should email me at pianotm26@yahoo.com at once. Let not this villiany go unanswered.

Poetry Scams

2008-08-13T12:30:00.001-07:00

Are you hoping to be published? Do have a great idea for a book? Do have a bunch of poems that you wrote and thought would be great to see with an ISBN? Is that email in your spam folder looking very alluring at this point? Don't open it.

If you're like me, you probably saw this great online contest! Write a poem and you will see your name in print! You could win 10,000 dollars! Then when you sent it in, you won the "Poetry Achievement Award", but do you notice that you never win the contest? In fact, you don't win anything. You have to pay for the book that your poem comes in. You have to pay full retail price. You don't get a discount for buying bulk. They tell you that there is going to be an award show in your honor in Vegas. Of course, you must pay your own way: airfare, hotel, etc.

In fact, they don't give you anything, even a percentage of profit. This is a scam. This is Poetry.com. A real publisher gives you a copy of your own book. They help you publicize. They pay you for your work.

Sites like poetry.com make money hand over fist entirely on your and companies like this are particularly insidious because they prey upon the dreamer's lifelong desire to be published. They take advantage of that and then give you nothing in return. Whatever you do, stay away from poetry.com.

Merlin and the Tower

2008-07-26T10:43:00.000-07:00

In days after the fall of Rome, you remember those days...

The empire still existed and yet had lost all of its power. It became quarantined to tiny area of Europe in those days. Tribes of barbarians roamed the former imperial landscape at large: the Franks, the Picts, the Celts, the Jutes, the Normans, the Saxons and the Brits. It was in this day that Vortigern ruled the isles of Britain. He was a tyrant: a conqueror who towered above his adversaries.

To celebrate his reign, he decided that he would have a tower built in his name atop Dinas Emrys. It was a spectacular hill, and upon it would be a spectacular sight, a tower taller than any in all of Britain. Vortigern employed the best architects and the most skilled laborers. These men built for him a tower fit for a king, but as Vortigern approached to see the finished work, the tower fell. With the ire of the king stirred, the workers worked again, but the more they built, the harder it became to keep the tower standing, until it came that they could not lay a single brick without it falling down the hill.

Vortigern, frustrated by this, sought out his best soothsayer. The soothsayer looked into the inner realms of the spirits and told Vortigern that there was a curse upon the hill. Any structure he would build upon it would fall. There would be little hope of success. Vortigern lamented this for Dinas Emrys was the best hill and surely, his tower must be built upon it. Was there no way to break the curse, he wondered.

The soothsayer told him that the only way to break the curse was to sacrifice the life of a child that was not born of man, and to mix the blood with the cement of the foundation, then surely the tower would stand tall and strong. At this Vortigern lamented even more, for where could such a child be found? Surely no child could be born without the aide of a man, but the soothsayer told Vortigern that it was said that in a nearby village, just such a child existed.

In this small town, a young child was celebrating his eighth birthday. He never knew his father and the dreams which plagued him told him that he simply did not have one. He knew that he special, different from the other children, but he knew not why. When soldiers came to take him away, he cried for his mother, but she could do nothing to help her child.

The child was brought before Vortigern first.

"Young child," he said, "are you not proud to be here to serve your king."

The child, whose name was Merlin, felt no such wonder and said rather flatly, "You're no king of mine."

Had this been a man, Vortigern would have been angry, but with the child, he was gently patient. "I have conquered these lands and many more. Surely you must pay homage to me."

"But like all men you will come to dust. Why pay homage to that which has no permanence?"

Vortigern was impressed by this child, for he spoke with the wisdom of an elder. He decided to press. "Child do you know why you are here?"

"I am here on a fool's errand at a fool's request."

"And why do think me a fool?"

"Because any man with wits about him would know that the reason your tower will not stand is because of no curse, but because a pool of water stands beneath the hill."

Vortigern was so taken aback that he sent his men to investigate. They dug into the hill, and sure enough, there they found a pool of water. Surely no foundation built over it would support even a house. Just as his men came to announce this, a brace of dragons emerged from the hill. The men's digging had disturbed their prison and had released a white dragon and a red dragon. They commenced battle over the field.

Upon seeing this, Merlin began to speak in tongues after a moment of this he said, "The tyrant king shall give way to the dragon of the south and from the south shall rise a king who will unify Britian. When the white dragon screams, this is when Britain shall fall and this king will die and invaders from the west shall make Britain their own. They will plant a tree in London and this tree shall have three branches. Two of the branches shall destroy the third by their sheer abundance..."

And so Merlin went on for several hours. After this episode, Vortigern placed his soothsayer in irons and made Merlin his new soothsayer. The day would soon come when Merlin would help Uther bring about the downfall of the tyrant Vortigern and usher in the era of King Arthur, and all of Merlin's prophecies would come to pass, but that is another story.

My Birthday

2008-07-26T10:42:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone. It's my birthday, this day, July 26. I was born in 1980 during a full moon. I have a healthy interest in Arthurian Legend, am a piano technician by trade and now a writer, and I am a paranormal investigator by hobby. Don't forget to leave a comment. Thank you all for coming by.

Avalon's Eclipse

2008-07-25T11:58:00.000-07:00

Nearly 6000 years ago, one of the greatest wiseman ever to live was born. He has journeyed through time and built the greatest monuments ever erected and imparted his wisdom to the greatest king history has ever known. Now his prophecies have come to pass and the fate of the world rests in the hands of young girl. This man is named Myrddin, but history remembers him as Merlin.

The end of the world is nigh and young Alexis must find the strength to venture out into a dangerous world that is entering its death throws in her efforts to save it.

While Ally does visit Avalon in the tale, the story doesn't really center upon Avalon. The title, Avalon's Eclipse is really intended as an analogy for the alchemical view of the Grail Quest. The idea is that the Grail is not a physical object, but spiritual wisdom and as such can only be found within.

Ally is the hero of the tale, with help from a sister-in-law and two fairies. The other really prominent characters include Morgan Le Fay, who in Arthurian romance was always portrayed as a villian, but this tale doesn't do her such injustice and rightly so. She has an agenda of her own and challenges Myrddin at every step, but her intention is help the hero through these difficulties.

The book is over 350 pages and will be illustrated. It is set in modern times. What I have written is inspired by a number of ancient legends and fantasy tales and is populated by a massive number of mythological creatures. The book is geared for children, but is loaded with philisophical ideas that will appeal to adults. I'll keep you updated as the book nears publication and I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it.