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Dreamer Books: An Ice Age Saga Audiobooks!

(Please pardon this shameless plug for my audiobooks!)

🦣  Embark on an epic journey into the Ice Age! 🔥

 The Dreamer – THE BEGINNING, the first novel in the 8-volume Dreamer Books: An Ice Age Saga, is now available in audiobook format on Patreon and Spotify!

✨ Immerse yourself in this gripping prehistoric adventure with new chapters released every Saturday at 7 AM (ET)—then dive deeper into the story with my Author Musings every Tuesday at 7 AM (ET), where I unravel hidden themes, character insights, and behind-the-scenes historical and scientific details.

When complete, The Dreamer – THE BEGINNING will total of 7.5 hours of immersive storytelling—this is your chance to step into a world of survival, destiny, and dreams. 🔥🐺

The second book in the series, The Dreamer II – THE GATHERING, will start soon! Eventually, chapter by chapter, all eight books will be recorded and posted to these online platforms!

🎧 Start listening today!
Patreon (My Patreon channel includes lots of FREE content!)
Spotify

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Illustrating the Past

I see myself more as a writer than an artist, so I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the interest in the illustrations in my books.

My journey began in childhood. I was eager to share the stories swirling in my head, but I didn’t know how to spell many words. This made things tricky for a budding author. To solve this, I told my stories through pictures and short captions.

As I grew, my writing improved until I could finally make a living from it. Unfortunately, that left me with little time for artwork. Now, as I try to rekindle my artistic side, I realize I’ve lost some of my practice! I hope to add more children’s books to my collection, which will give me plenty of chances to hone my skills again!

Here is a sampling, including a few of the frontispieces, pictures from the Ice Age Animal Index that appears at the back of each volume in the 8-book series, and several illustrations from the children’s book, KAW. (The Header image is also from KAW.)

PS: If you like Dreamer Book’s original artwork, you can find some of it on our Merch! See a selection of tees, hoodies, tote bags, mugs, and more HERE!

Illustration from KAW

 

Frontispiece from The Cave of Bones (colorized).
European cave lion (colorized, from Ice Age Animal Index)
Detail from The People of the Wolves frontispiece (colorized)
Reindeer (colorized, from Ice Age Animal Index)
Lynx (colorized, from Ice Age Animal Index)
Illustration from KAW
Roe deer (colorized, from Ice Age Animal Index)
Illustration from KAW
Eurasian wolf (colorized, from Ice Age Animal Index)
Woolly mammoth (colorized, from Ice Age Animal Index)

 

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The Beginning

Seven years ago, my imagination opened a portal to an ancient landscape.  Layers of time peeled away, and I was thrust into the consciousness of one who had lived in a time and place now lost to memory.   This Neanderthal man and the epic adventures that make up his life’s story may be fictional, but as I write his experiences it feels as though I am recording actual history, rather than composing a literary work.  Bringing to life the peoples and cultures of Ice Age Eurasia has enthralled and inspired me, and I can’t help but think I will miss being immersed in their world when the series is complete.

Find Dreamer Books: An Ice Age Saga here!

About the Author here!

Reader Reviews here!

(Header image credits: book cover photo by Paula Kugerud Photography, Venus figurine pendant and lithics by Neanderthal Joe. Header photo and blog photo by E. A. Meigs)

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