Magic is usually an integral part of any secondary fantasy world. That tends to be the thing that makes it a “fantasy world”, rather than just some form of alternate […]
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Excerpts and Workshops
It’s been a busy week on this end, so this post will mostly be links. First, I’ve updated the Works page on my homepage. I updated the samples of Thorn […]
Read moreAction, Agency, Passivity, Pacifism
There is a tactic some writers (and screenwriters) use to put their characters in the “hero” column. It’s a tactic that is most recently used in “The Hunger Games” (with […]
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 moreSorting out the subgenre- Street Level Fantasy
I’m still dissatisfied with subgenre definitions in the Fantasy genre. Specifically, where work like Thorn of Dentonhill, Holver Alley Crew and Maradaine Constabulary fit in the grand scheme. Take, for […]
Read moreWorldbuilding and Language: Idioms and Slang
As I’ve said before, I’m not too keen on doing the nuts and bolts of a constructed language as part of my worldbuilding. Well, more correctly, I think it’s a […]
Read moreStepping Back to look at the Big Picture
This weekend was spent, in part, organizing and purging. This tied, in part, to deciding to rename the warrior orders in Druthal. Going through documents, finding outdated info, changing the […]
Read moreUsing Structure to Best Effect
Like I’ve always said, I’m a planner and an outliner. I can’t just wing my way through a novel.I need my big picture. Part of having that big picture outlook […]
Read moreFantasy Tropes: The Gentleman Thief
Right now my fiction-reading* is Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick, which I had heard from several sources as being the best fantasy book from a debut author in 2011. So […]
Read morePlans for 2012
I did accomplish a lot of things in 2011, but on some level I always feel like I could have done more. So here are my Unrealistic Goals for 2012: […]
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