Recent content by RavenBower

How the idea germinates for me is different with each story. Sometimes it starts with the characters and the plot follows them and other times it starts with the plot and I find the characters within it. Either way, after I've both the characters and the general plot idea I write a short...

The villain wasting time gloating and prattling. If they'd just killed the hero five minutes sooner they would have succeeded before rescue arrived or hero managed to find that conveniently sharp object to cut his binds.

Hello! It's fantastic to see a writing forum dedicated to fantasy! I'm terrible at intros but here goes - I'm Raven, author of most breeds of speculative fiction - horror, fantasy and urban fantasy. I usually create with my husband and Co-author Lain, we've so far seen three different...

Or hey, authors could break a lot of those door stop books down into two books instead, which would easily generate a 2+ book a year output for a lot of fantasy authors. It could even bring more readers into the world of fantasy reading because the sheer size of a single book intimidates some...

What is a little amazing is that they're trying to pawn this off as being new. It's not. 5+ years ago I remember a dialog/article with NY published authors in the paranormal, suspense and romance fields telling fledgling writers to enjoy their pre-published years and the ability to dawdle over...