Creating God: Religion in Fantasy – Part 4
Amy Rose Davis
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Amy Rose Davis
Creating God: Religion in Fantasy, part 3
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Creating God: Religion in Fantasy, part 2
If you missed Part One of this article you can read it by clicking here. Continuing where I left off last week in my post about creating a new religion…
Creating God: Religion in Fantasy, part 1
If I thought writing last week’s article was tough, I have to say, it was NOTHING compared to how I feel about wading into the morass of religion–even fictional religion.…
Writing Action Scenes
I want to be honest right off the top: This article is written by a complete novice when it comes to “action.” I’ve never been in a physical fight. I…
Violence and Gore in Fantasy
Thanks for all of your great article suggestions last week. I’m taking them in order, and up first, I get to tackle one that will probably have me flayed, drawn,…
How I Learned to Love the Flashback
Editor’s Note: Amy Rose Davis is looking for suggestions on what topic to write about next. Fantasy Writers, please give her some ideas on what you would like Amy to…
Description in Fantasy: Finding the Sweet Spot
We fantasy authors do have our demons, don’t we? Besides those in our stories, I mean. We’re prone to prologues and infodumps. We think a novel of 150,000 words is…
Culture Building Through Holidays
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an archaeologist. This desire had nothing to do with Indiana Jones. I wanted to dig up bones and potsherds before the…
Moms in Fantasy: Beyond the Stereotypes
To balance my father issue article from last week, I present to you the flip side: mothers in fantasy. I have to say I’m a bit disappointed in some of…
Father Issues
Fathers and father figures have tremendous influence over children in their early years, and by extension, they have a lot to say about what children become as adults. Fantasy is…
Disney Parents: Dead Mothers and Absent Fathers
Quick, think of an animated Disney movie that features a hero or heroine with two parents who are alive and present in the main character’s life for the entire movie.…