My God Is Lawful Evil: Alternate Morality in Alternate Worlds
James Calbraith
There are certain common steps that we are all aware of when it comes to creating an alternate world. You probably start with a map, or at least a few…
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Change Is Gonna Come…
Sandra Norval
I’ve come to a glorious valley in the journey up Mount Publication and I have to take a moment to stop and stare. Behind me are the crags of the…
The Craft – Part Two: The Business
Adrian Faulkner
This is the second in a series of articles talking with fantasy authors about the craft. You can see last week’s article, Breaking In, here. Being a published writer these…
A Moratorium On The Monomyth
Ryan Howse
Of all genres, fantasy is generally closest to mining the heroic journey archetypes for its inspiration. For some authors, the intent is to uphold these ideals; others wish to subvert…
The Craft – Part One: Breaking In
All aspiring writers dream of breaking in, of getting that deal and one day seeing their work in print, but the reality is that getting a deal is taking on…
Writing Rules and Fantasy: Show, Don’t Tell
Victoria Hooper
It’s NaNo month, so it seems like the perfect time for some thoughts on the writing craft, beginning with the most often used of all writing commandments: Show, Don’t Tell.…
Bringing The Theater to Your Writing
Evie Manieri
I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but for a long time, I wanted to be an actor, too. I acted in plays in high school, college, and then for…
Whatever The Weather
This month’s article is inspired by Hurricane Sandy and is dedicated to everyone that was affected. I hope that all will be well again for you soon. – Sandra When…
NaNoWriMo
Hierath
November – season of mists and frantic typing… November begins toay, and all across the world writerly types are sidling up to each other and whispering out of the corners…
Improving Description
Overlord
So, you may have noticed that you clicked a different button to get onto the post today: “MJA” instead of “ARD”. Well, that’s because our beloved Amy Rose Davis has…
Everyone’s A Critic
I stopped off at a quiet little hamlet tucked into a false summit on Mount Publication. To earn my supper I decided to entertain the revelers at the small inn…
Historically Accurate
Laura Graham
Writers who set their stories in the future? Those guys have got it easy; they can see everything happening in the world around us, and use that to inform their…