I’ve mentioned before how I have the various nations of the world that Druthal occupies given some degree of definition in “National Documents”. These are, in essence, a handful of […]
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Uncommon Questions in Worldbuilding
When it comes to worldbuilding, I live by the Iceberg Rule: Most of it goes unseen. Another way to look at it is the corollary to “Show, Don’t Tell”: Know, […]
Read moreElves and Originality
Tim Akers, author of “The Horns of Ruin”, writes “In Defense of Elves“, where he defends using elves in fantasy fiction. Or, at least, that’s what it says the article […]
Read more“Slow and steady wins the race” – Blog Post 200
Way back in high school, for a drama class, I strapped a spray-painted cardboard box to my back and played the Tortoise in a little production of The Tortoise and […]
Read moreGender Awareness and POV
So I was reading an article the other day, and at one point it quoted this scene from George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones: “When she went to the stables, […]
Read moreA Question From My Agent
Last week my agent posted on his blog about “series death“, including this question: What can you as a writer do to hold onto that “core value” of a series? […]
Read moreWhy are we stuck in the Middle Ages?
Something has been picking at my brain for a while, and it’s something I will fully cop to being somewhat complicit in myself. Why is the fantasy genre stuck in […]
Read moreVillains and POV
Villains are always very fun to write. They are even more fun to write from their point of view. That was something I missed getting to do, to a degree, […]
Read moreFacts not in Evidence
One of the pitfalls in writing genre fiction is, of course, the dreaded infodump. Who doesn’t see one of those wind-ups where 6000 years of history is about to be […]
Read moreThird Act and Second Book Problems
Of late, in addition to hammering at the rough draft of Way of the Shield (yes, that’s just a working title), I’ve been cranking out summaries for intended second and […]
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