Author name: Taylen Carver

Bestselling author of speculative fiction.

Summer Solstice

The exact moment this post published was the northern hemisphere’s 2020 Summer Solstice (and the winter solstice for everyone down-under). Tarot cards, pagan festivals, and the ancient cultures all celebrated the summer solstice. It’s thought that Stonehenge may have been built expressly to mark the summer solstice–which was generations worth of effort for the changing

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Magical Rivers

Today is Canadian Rivers Day, and as water features heavily in book 1 of the Magorian & Jones series, The Memory of Water, and I’m sitting north of the 48th parallel, I feel I can’t let the day go by without a mention of rivers in general and Canadian rivers in particular. Quite apart from

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Did You Miss It?

I’ve been sliding a lot of new pages and content onto the site, lately.  If this is your first time to the site, you might not have noticed it yet. If you’re returning (hi!), then you might have missed it because it’s new. So I thought I’d draw your attention to one page in particular: 

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I’ve Finished!

I’m finished the book!  Now I’m on track to release it next month!! I’m super happy with how the story came out, and I’ve even seen the rough cover–and that’s fantastic, too. You’ll start to see more details on the site (and receive them by email, if you’re signed up) over the next few weeks,

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Why Ebooks Are Forever and Print Books Don’t Last

The ebook versus print book topic tends to polarize people–readers are passionate about their print books…or not. I am very firmly in the ebook camp.  I have been reading electronically for decades (yes, for more than 20 years), and these days resent having to read print books, if forced to it.  I avoid it where

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Wanna read it for Free?

I’m getting very close to finishing the first book in the series, The Memory of Water.  (As advertised, I’ve changed the name.) Because the release date is coming up super fast, I’m scrambling to build a street team to review the book.  Therefore, I’m opening the list up for a short while. If you’d like

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A teaser for you!

I meant to write a post a few days ago, but something happened: I started writing the story itself. I’ve been sucked deep into the story and as I write this post, I’m now nearly 40,000 words into the story and approaching the half-way point. This book will be much longer than I thought it

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