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  1. ESÛNE, and Those Who Call Her Home

    1. The Eve of the Finolian Era

    A brown owl perched in an ancient tree swiveled its head in a complete rotation towards the center of the forest. Pupils expanded like hungry black holes - something was happening in that unassuming area, but what? Not a thing could be seen or heard, even with hyper senses. Yet, a cowl of...
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  2. ESÛNE, and Those Who Call Her Home

    The Portal

    It is straining to fathom that beyond our homes, beyond the layers of precious gases that we inhale and exhale so liberally, beyond our space stations, beyond a moon that pushes and pulls at our oceans, that there is absolutely nothing. A whole expanse of nothing, so contradictory that it makes...
  3. ESÛNE, and Those Who Call Her Home

    Author's Note

    This is for the people who repeatedly hear older generations say, "Well, I won't be alive for that," or "This is your problem now," or "Your generation is going to have to fix it." I don't know the answer, but I live in the questions. Keep asking. Tread as lightly as a rogue, speak...
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    ESÛNE, and Those Who Call Her Home

    This is a draft of A.M. Krupskaya's novel ESÛNE, and Those Who Call Her Home. Beyond the darkest voids betwixt our known stars, another blue orb pirouettes around a proud star. Here, this planet is called Esûne. Many creatures call her home: Gnomes, Elves, Dwarves, Humans, as well an endless...
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    Why do you read/write fantasy?

    I also agree! But goodness, it was so special to me as a kid. Really saved me. I’m so glad it still gives me the same feeling.
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    Wattpad

    Anyone on Wattpad? Thoughts? Complaints? Praise? I've been on for awhile. It's been difficult for me to find any sort of community. Seems like there are a lot of success stories, and a lot of children. As a 24 year old, I'd love someone to talk shop and provide support. My account is...
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    Why do you read/write fantasy?

    I just never grew out of it. It just matured and developed, and I think I will always enjoy escapism.
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    Best Books on Writing: Top 5 Picks

    Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer has some wonderful world building exercises and tips. Also very interestingly illustrated. But I would say it’s a book for creativity and fantasy more so than the craft of writing
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    Superstitions!

    I like this!
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    Undead

    One of my friends wrote a beautiful, sad story about zombies. Instead of these undead being ravenous and wild, they were lethargic and so close to death that they were barely able to function. It was as if they were deathly sick. They would just walk around, lost and crying. I thought that was...
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    Superstitions!

    Hi everyone, I'm currently writing a screenplay / story that involves a very group of superstitious people. What are some in-the-home superstitions you have heard? Or in certain careers are there superstitions you've heard of? How do I make the reader feel the nervous feeling that one...
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    The afterlife

    God forbid if I give a recommendation about one mythologist, it's the end all be all. Of course go to the source of the myth. But what if that doesn't make sense to you? What if you wonder WHY one culture has a mythology based on animals, and the other based on cosmology? How has this myth...
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    The afterlife

    I'm sure there is a different, more underrated philosophy in the Perilous Realm.
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    Small, isolated village near a mountain. What do the people there do for a living?

    I love the idea that this village is in the shadow of this mountain for part of the afternoon. I don't think it's cliche at all: you see this type of village all over Peru and Ecuador. There's a lot of llama herding, and from this comes elaborate weaving. Even the children have teddy bears...
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    The afterlife

    Also, here's another idea: spiritual experience, (the essence of all religious belief) is the experience of awe. So if you think about it, people develop philosophies and religions to better understand their awe-inspiring world, correct? Therefore, the landscape inspires the people, which...
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