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Bell Mountain Hero Goes Free-Lancing

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Just on a whim yesterday, I did a search for “Abombalbap.” I expected nothing: after all, he’s only a character in a book that’s only mentioned in my Bell Mountain books. Abombalbap is the hero of a lot of old stories of romance and adventure. Ellayne loves those Abombalbap stories. She has a big thick book full of them, handed down to her by her father.

Imagine my surprise when I got hits for “Abombalbap” from outside Bell Mountain!

Yup–my own Abombalbap has been adopted as a character in at least three fantasy role-playing games that people play on line. I’m only waiting for an Abombalbap movie to come out so I can sue for the rights.

(“See? I toldja these books are fun!”)

I’m glad my books have brought that much pleasure to some of their readers.

May God make my work fruitful in His service.

We’ve Got a Fairy Ring!

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I noticed a couple of mushrooms in our lawn yesterday that looked just about ready to strut their stuff. But I never expected that by this morning they would form a fairy ring–a nice, tidy arc of white mushrooms on the grass. And for many species the arc is completed into a full circle.

We get our share of mushrooms, great and small, but this is the first time we’ve ever had a fairy ring. The world’s folklore is chock-full of fairy rings. Most of the stories have to do with people foolishly or carelessly venturing into the ring and getting trapped there–because you know how tricky fairies are!

If I dared you, how many of you out there would step inside the fairy ring?

Abombalbap saw somebody do that and instantly disappear, right before his eyes.

The Lure of the Prequel

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I’ve been chewing over this idea for years now, and a few readers have encouraged me in it. Why not write a Bell Mountain book about things that happened before the events so far related in the series?

The story that pulls me the hardest is that of King Ozias, who lived 2,000 years before Jack and Ellayne et al. Ozias had a thousand enemies, and a thousand narrow escapes. But he trusted in God, he obeyed the directions of the Spirit, and God delivered him out of all his dangers–and promised that his line of descent would continue down the centuries, and never fail. Yes, I think I’d like to write that.

But there’s also the story–well, there must be one–behind Ellayne’s favorite book, The Adventures of Abombalbap. Was there ever such a person as Abombalbap, who was raised and trained in warrior arts by the Seven Hags of Ballamadda? Were his adventures inspired by real events? What was life in Obann like, centuries after the Day of Fire and centuries before King Ryons?

And here’s me, wondering if I should try to write these books. It would mean departing from the story arc that has so far held together 13 books in a series. It strikes me as a rather large risk to take.

Abombalbap would be on it in a heartbeat.