Since I am currently reading The Lord of the Rings (just started book two of The Two Towers) I wanted to focus on Tolkien for this week’s blog. I have been rather negligent of my other blogs since most of my time is spent working full-time and writing my newest novel, The Lady of Steam and Shadow, 14 chapters so far are available to read on patreon.com/storytimebyrk  Here we go: Few writers have shaped modern literature as profoundly as J. R. R. Tolkien. A scholar, linguist, and storyteller of rare depth, Tolkien did not merely write fantasy—he constructed an entire…