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High Praise for The Storm Chronicles!

Gazzolo Creative Posted on January 26, 2021 by Anne Marie GazzoloJanuary 26, 2021

Thrilled to receive this shoutout from my life coach about my upcoming fantasy series! If you want to find out yourself what made him so excited, sign up for Part 1 of the first book on my home page. “Very … { Read More }

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Introducing The Storm Chronicles!

Gazzolo Creative Posted on January 11, 2021 by Anne Marie GazzoloJanuary 26, 2021

  Out of the west, shall he come from the narrow entrance, Into of the storm, shall he go In the time of the One Darkness shall haunt his steps But Light shall he be The sword of the One … { Read More }

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Pity for a Creature As Dark As Darkness

Gazzolo Creative Posted on December 28, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 22, 2020

The meeting of Bilbo, the dreadfully and fearfully lost hobbit, and Gollum, a creature “as dark as darkness” (Hobbit 88), their riddle-game and what happens after Gollum loses are among the most iconic scenes of children’s literature. But how many … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Bilbo, Gollum, Middle-earth, spiritual warfare, The Hobbit, Tolkien

The Legacy of Tolkien and the TCBS: A Light to the World: The Call Heard and Answered

Gazzolo Creative Posted on December 21, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

At the ‘Council of London’ held by the Tea Club and Barrovian Society in December 1914, J. R. R. Tolkien and his three dearest friends spoke of the call they felt to bring beauty and meaning back into a world grown … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Christian, Inspiration, Middle-earth, Sub-creation, Tolkien

Harkening to the Horns of Hope and Love: What The Lord of the Rings Teaches Us For Today

Gazzolo Creative Posted on December 14, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

Hope and love are dominant themes in The Lord of the Rings. These are two of the most desperately needed virtues today in a world entrenched in a culture of death, despair, and lust, due to the instant and 24 … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Aragorn, Faramir, Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum, Inspiration, Middle-earth, Motivation, Pippin, Sam, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, Wisdom from Middle-earth

Arthurian Elements in Reepicheep’s Journey

Gazzolo Creative Posted on December 7, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

There are many Arthurian elements in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but what is at the heart of it all is Reepicheep’s quest to reach Aslan’s country, an even better place than the Avalon Arthur travels to. Geoffrey of … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Adventure, Arthurian, C. S. Lewis, Fantasy, Narnia, YA

Guardian Angels of the Quest: Frodo, Sam, and the Valar

Gazzolo Creative Posted on November 23, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloNovember 23, 2020

Sam is Frodo’s guardian angel on the Quest, but he is not the only one. The Valar also play instrumental roles in aiding the Ring-bearer and his friends during the War of the Ring and beyond. So vital is their … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Frodo, Inspiration, Middle-earth, Sam, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, Valar, Wisdom from Middle-earth

Arthur’s Audacious Dream

Gazzolo Creative Posted on November 16, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloNovember 17, 2020

Why does the tale of Arthur and his knights still resonate with its readers centuries after its first introduction? It ends in the tragic defeat of the King, with the deaths of nearly all of his men, and his dreams … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Arthurian, Christian, Historical Fiction, Inspiration, Must-Read, spiritual warfare

The Value of Family in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur

Gazzolo Creative Posted on November 9, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

Sir Thomas Malory placed great importance on the role of the family in his rendering of the Arthurian legends. For good or ill, familial ties in Le Morte Darthur have tremendous impact on men and women and those around them. … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Arthurian

Creation and Sub-Creation in Narnia and The Timeless Halls

Gazzolo Creative Posted on November 1, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

 C.  S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien varied greatly in their conceptions of the secondary worlds they fashioned. Lewis focused on the creative power of God to call into existence an entire world out of nothing. Tolkien chose to … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C. S. Lewis, Christian, Fantasy, Middle-earth, Narnia, Sub-creation, Tolkien

Eucatastrophe, Fate, and Free Will in the Life of Beren and Lúthien

Gazzolo Creative Posted on October 26, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 24, 2020

Welcome to my site, Gazzolo Creative! After Beren avenges his father’s murder and spends years as an outlaw, he climbs the Mountains of Terror and sees the land of Doriath from far away. “There it was put into his heart … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Beren, Fantasy, Lúthien, Middle-earth, The Silmarillion, Tolkien

Nienna, Lady of Pity and Mercy, and the Fall of Sauron

Gazzolo Creative Posted on June 12, 2020 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

I finished my Master’s Degree at Signum University! I highly recommend anyone interested in pursing their Tolkien studies in a scholarly manner to consider attending some classes here. You do not have to be there to pursue a degree. You … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Aragorn, Bilbo, Faramir, Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum, Nienna, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien | Leave a reply

The Beginning of Stories

Gazzolo Creative Posted on November 18, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

As long as we could speak and realize we had a mind and intelligence and a need to explain to ourselves and to others the world around us, we have told stories. For things we have not understood like the … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Inspiration, Reading, Sub-creation | Leave a reply

More Than Memory: Death as Eucatastrophe in ‘The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen’

Gazzolo Creative Posted on November 4, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

In the fullness of time, Aragorn and Arwen come to their parting after many long years together. Unlike his Númenorean ancestors who were poisoned by the deceits of Sauron and grew to fear death so greatly they did anything they … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Aragorn, Arwen, Wisdom from Middle-earth | Leave a reply

The Powerful Realm of Faerie

Gazzolo Creative Posted on October 21, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

J. R. R. Tolkien speaks of a subject close to his heart in his lecture and essay, “On Fairy-Stories.” He approaches this not just as an admirer or literary critic but as an author of such himself. He had a … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Inspiration, Reading | Leave a reply

Echoes of Middle-earth in The Chronicles of Prydain

Gazzolo Creative Posted on July 15, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

Lloyd Alexander uses many figures from Welsh mythology to give voice to some of the greatest characters in The Chronicles of Prydain series. Some are merely names he fleshed out to have lives in Prydain they did not have at … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Adventure, Celtic, Fantasy, Must-Read, Tolkienesque, YA | Leave a reply

The Role of the Narrator in Tolkien and Lewis

Gazzolo Creative Posted on July 1, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

The voice of the narrator is similar in both The Hobbit and the Narnia books and used wonderfully well to draw readers into the tale. They talk directly and indirectly to their audience, offer advice, use words that speak of … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Lewis, Narnia, Sub-creation, The Hobbit, Tolkien | Leave a reply

A Short Reflection on Myths and Reality

Gazzolo Creative Posted on May 6, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

There is such power in story-telling! Visionaries, seers, bards, poets, playwrights, and novelists have harnessed this vast resource for as long as man has existed. What a crowd we are part of. What shoulders we stand on. I am proud … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Inspiration, Myths, Sub-creation | Leave a reply

The Approaches of Tolkien and Lewis to Fantasy: A Study in Contrasts

Gazzolo Creative Posted on April 8, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

I propose to speak about fairy-stories, though I am aware that this is a rash adventure. Faërie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold. And overbold I may be accounted. … { Read More }

Posted in Muse Monday | Tagged Inspiration, Reading | Leave a reply

Frodo’s Sacrifice

Gazzolo Creative Posted on March 25, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

Ah, March 25, that most glorious of days! Here is an excerpt from my book, Chosen: The Journeys of Bilbo and Frodo of the Shire. In Frodo’s devotion to the mission entrusted to him, he gives a wonderful example of … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Frodo, Middle-earth, Non-Fiction, spiritual warfare, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien | Leave a reply

Inspiration from a Mythic Scriber

Gazzolo Creative Posted on March 4, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

Enjoy these articles I wrote for Mythic Scribes, a tremendous resource for anyone writing fantasy! Dragons and the Imaginative Mind of J. R. R. Tolkien The Perilous and Wondrous Realm of Faërie Using Mythic Elements in Your Stories The Power … { Read More }

Posted in Muse Monday | Tagged Inspiration | 2 Replies

The Consolation of Fairy-Stories

Gazzolo Creative Posted on February 4, 2019 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

In his wonderful essay “On Fairy-Stories”, J. R. R. Tolkien states three things fantastical stories bring us: recovery, escape, and consolation. In our shattered world, we need them all. We need to see anew everyday things that we do not … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Fairy-Stories, Inspiration, Sub-creation | Leave a reply

The Value of Myths

Gazzolo Creative Posted on December 17, 2018 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 20, 2020

From early days, man defined himself and his world through stories. The mind and heart travel further along their hidden roads and secret passageways than a body does down the modern superhighway. The places reached are brighter and darker than … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Celtic, Myths, Sub-creation | Leave a reply

The Importance of Being Bilbo

Gazzolo Creative Posted on December 15, 2018 by Anne Marie GazzoloOctober 21, 2020

An excerpt from Chosen: The Journeys of Bilbo and Frodo of the Shire: Gandalf recounts in the unfinished tale “The Quest of Erebor” how the twin threats of Sauron and Smaug greatly troubled him. He thinks a trip to the … { Read More }

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Bilbo, Middle-earth, Non-Fiction, The Hobbit | 2 Replies

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