One of my first posts on this blog ventured into a problem many fiction authors encounter – naming characters. I focused on the Misaligned series. It’s a contemporary fantasy story, albeit one with a connection to Welsh mythology, but nevertheless a story where most characters needed contemporary names. In that… Read more“You don’t need to be a philologist to create great fantasy names”
What’s the deal with chapters?
This blog has looked at several questions facing the fantasy author, ranging from how to create fictional names, the value of a prologue, and even how to create your own fantasy map. By comparison, this next topic may seem non-controversial or perhaps trivial, but for me it was anything but… Read more“What’s the deal with chapters?”
So You Want To Make A Living Writing? 13 Harsh lessons
Here’s a blog post written by Bob Mayer, an independent author of 42 books, sharing 13 lessons he’s learned about the writing business. In addition to being a nice prime number, which as frequent readers know is one of my geeky quirks, he also includes a reference to the… Read more“So You Want To Make A Living Writing? 13 Harsh lessons”