Writing Groups – Part Two
Adrian Faulkner
This is part two of our interview series on writing groups. If you missed part one, you can read it here. In my previous article we looked at how writing…
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The Chaotic Champion – Part Seven: The King Hero
Nyki Blatchley
For nearly a thousand years, great authors and poets have written virtually uncountable quantities of words about King Arthur. Each has tried to sum up what was special about that…
Fantasy Writer’s Resources
Eric Christensen
I think it is fair to say that every writer has a bookshelf containing well-thumbed, go-to resources. Odds are that shelf contains a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a style guide…
Writing Groups – Part One
It can never be overstated about the amount of feedback a writer needs. In order to learn and improve having someone else comment on your work is vital. And whilst…
Writing Food
Michael R. Underwood
Everybody eats. And in many cases, eating scenes can be a great way to liven up your fiction. It’s easy to write a conversation that becomes nothing more than a…
The Chaotic Champion – Part Six: The Protector Hero
The town of Tombstone is in turmoil. The countryside around is ruled by bandits, and ranchers who are little better, and the small group of men who stand between the…
Tactical vs. Tactile: Writing Fantasy Battles
Aaron Miles
Like many people who read fantasy novels, one of the reasons I love the genre is because it contains epic battles with vast armies fighting it out. Whether it’s more…
Dealing With Rejection
It can sometimes seem a little crazy. We live in a world governed by metrics. From end of year performance reviews to hospital waiting times, everything in our lives seems…
The Chaotic Champion – Part Five: The Outlaw Hero
In a scene early in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, when the duo have barely started on their criminal career, they come across a family sitting by the roadside…
Accepting Rejection
“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.” – Ray Bradbury Like many writers, I’ve slaved over short stories. I’ve revised mercilessly, hacking away at excess verbiage,…
10 Things New Writers Should Be Doing
So I’m in full writing mode at the moment, and I can’t help but kick myself for not starting some things sooner. Here’s a short list of things I wish…
The Fantasy Assassin
Victoria Hooper
Assassins seem to have been steadily rising in popularity, wrapped in dark hooded cloaks and lurking in the pages of sword and sorcery, epic and urban fantasy, and YA, as…