So, I wrote a blog post today about, as the title might suggest, three fantasy tropes and why we love them. There is a lot of hate for tropes out...
At long last, my debut novel is available! "Nivin has never seen the colors of a sunrise. She has never seen the brilliant green of trees in...
Hi everyone, OP here. I want to thank everyone for their opinion on the cover. I did make some changes (I made it look more magic-y) and...
I personally enjoy a rich, well developed milieu. I agree that characters are the most important--sort of how impressive acting and great story...
I think those people don't understand that the creative process is different for everybody--very different. I was recently asked how long I'd been...
I want to say that Korra is 15 or 16 in season 1. It's been a while since I watched it. So yeah, with Aang being eleven...that's a difference of...
I don't mind "The Chosen One" type character arcs, but I like it when the choosing is more of an accident than the result of a prophecy. In many...
I remember a lot of people didn't like Korra from Nickelodeon's The Legend of Korra because she was too conflicted and scared so much of the time,...
I'm trying to design my own cover for my novel "Charybda." It's a fantasy novel (which I suppose goes without saying on this site). I'm just...
This is a stab at designing my own book cover before I shell out the big bucks on a professional designer.
My advice would be: under no circumstances should you take out a loan to self-publish a book. Instead, set aside a line in your budget and save up...
I think people also connect with characters based on their flaws. It might not be a shared flaw, but most people have a sympathetic reflex, even...
As much as I am ruffled by that article, it is thought-provoking. It's kind of a good light-the-fire-under-one's-pants wake up call - if you want...
That's a very good point, Phil, and I appreciate that you made it. Something I have run into in my life is when I tell people I'm a writer, their...
Hey everyone! I like to frequent Derek Murphy's blog, CreativIndie, and he linked to this great piece he'd done as a rebuttal to this: War on...
I just finished reading Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff, and I enjoyed it. I'm waiting till I can get my hands on Kinslayer and Endsinger. It wasn't...
I have seen a lot of comments around the interwebz regarding this topic, and opinions vary widely. Devor makes a very good point about blogs...
This is a great thread. Advice is really easy to get caught up in (it's one of my own downfalls), and it's good to remind people that it's not the...
It seems that anytime a writing advice article crosses my radar, it inevitably includes something along the lines of "eliminate most occurrences...
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