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Toby R. Beeny

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Toby R. Beeny is the creator of Archaios, an expansive mythopoeic world where the mystical and the real converge. His current work, The Bjornlinga Saga, is part of this ongoing project that invites readers into a rich tapestry of mythic history and epic storytelling. With a PhD in medieval literature and linguistics, Dr. Beeny’s academic background shapes his approach to world-building, drawing from ancient myths and medieval sources to create something entirely new.

In addition to Archaios, Beeny’s Philosophical Narratives series—including The Iron Way, The Babel Project, and Lilacs from the Dead Land—explore deep existential questions, blending philosophical reflection, mythic dreamscapes, and innovative storytelling. His scholarly work fo
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Toby R. Beeny The child's shoes sat next to the edge of the pond. I never heard the scream.…moreThe child's shoes sat next to the edge of the pond. I never heard the scream.(less)
Toby R. Beeny Step 1: Read. A lot. I mean alot. And read all sorts of literature to start. Read medieval works, Shakespeare, the Bible, modern works. Read every pie…moreStep 1: Read. A lot. I mean alot. And read all sorts of literature to start. Read medieval works, Shakespeare, the Bible, modern works. Read every piece of literature that everyone else tells you is amazing. It doesn't matter if you like it. Some of it you will hate. You want to get good language in your brain.

Step 2: Write. A lot. It doesn't matter what . Write in a journal. Write short stories, long stories, snippets of dialogue. Weird little things that you don't know what to do with. Don't worry about it being something publishable at first. Just write your heart out. This is practice. You will develop your voice.

If you do these two things, eventually you will feel in your heart what you want to say. Write this. This is your work.(less)
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It has been a busy summer for me, and I have been steady working on Archaios, and specifically, the Bjornlinga Saga, every single day. Part of the reason I am so terrible at this whole modern social media thing is that I would rather just spend what time I have focused on my actual creative work. But I did realize that I have been somewhat negligent in keeping people updated as to my activity, so

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“Once, long ago, I heard the mermaids singing, but I do not think they will sing to me now.”
Toby R. Beeny, Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams

“I was overcome by such a deep feeling of Sehnsucht while watching Puff the Magic Dragon that I felt like crying, but of course, I was a boy and boys don't cry.”
Toby R. Beeny, Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams

“It is a homesickness for a place I have never been, a sneaking feeling of being merely a traveler in this world, a dream I cannot quite remember, fading, fading...”
Toby R. Beeny, Lilacs from the Dead Land: A Narrative of Nostalgia, Identity, and Dreams

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
William Durant

“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.”
J.R.R. Tolkien

“For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

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