Join us, from behind the great divide for another Fable from the Nightlands. This time we'll recall that mythical folktale of that famous sage and his most troublesome challenge, not to mention all the smaller stories that brought him to that most impactful conflict.

The famous sage Cerebus

As a creative person, you have taste - it's not always good taste - but it's there, and it drives to you to explore interesting ways of expressing yourself. This is a tale of how I forgot I had taste, and to remind myself that even if it's in bad taste, sometimes I just have to trust my gut.

I knew things, long before I knew what’s what...

As a creative person, sometimes you get into a funk called procrastination. It's like a venom that saps your very will to create. Well, I have the antidote in the form a real-life (fictional) story, that really happened to a friend of mine (not really).

Procrastination is a helluva venom

Did you ever wonder how the silhouette of rabbit can be seen on the moon's face? Well in this 'Fable from the Nightlands' story, I'll tell you that very tale. There's going to be a grand race, talking wheat, and maybe even a twist in the events that unfold.

Why is there a rabbit in the moon?

Five steps of excellent advice about writing from a successful never-was writer to a nobody-buddy about how to overcome the bumps in the road to creative satisfaction, and avoid becoming a bitter cynic.

My 5 steps for a guaranteed success as an author

Once there was three brothers made entirely of glass. As you can imagine this made them somewhat vulnerable, however, their glass bodies were also their source of strength and purpose - and some might even say their downfall. Let me tell you the tale in another Fable from the Nightlands.

The three Glass Brothers

What does it mean to be a hero, in the age of the Great King and his Grand Castle? In this fable from the Nightlands, we hear the account of one such knight and his quest to be counted among the Knights of the Sacred Circle!

The Good Knight and The Sacred Circle

We all reach rivers we can’t cross, we ask for mentors to help us navigate the rough currents and there’s always a prices to pay. In this fable from the Nightlands, we join the traveller, the ferryman and his strange transport as we negotiate the price of a life lesson.

Traveller and the Sun

Some folks in the Nightlands live in towns, and behind every town is an intriguing story. Some stories make sense right away, some stories require a little more digging. In this story and in this town we might even need sort though some really stinky stuff to find the golden essence that makes this a story worth telling...

The story of Plain Town

I love making up stories. All kinds of stories. But my favourite stories to invent are folktales. I also like making up stories to poke fun at my melodramatic inner artist.
I'm also one half of a story-telling band: Renegades of Co.Za.
And we have a website: wemadethisup.com (We Made This Up)

Roger Landman