For anyone wondering whether that title is a tribute to Dianna Wynne Jones and her Tough Guide to Fantasyland: you’re goddamn right it is. And if you haven’t read that, go do so and enjoy the sensation of creeping horror that so much of it is still so accurate! So, here we are, the opening […]
In the same vein as my last post, I’m coming back to one of my old favorites again. This’ll be a lot more controversial because I’m going to put an unfixed bayonet between my teeth and charge right into popular advice from other authors. Specifically, established authors with published books and follower counts they could brag […]
This is one of those topics I drift back to every so often over the years, and I never quite feel I’ve sold the idea. So: something in you, writers aspirant, may rebel immediately at hearing I want you to research for your fantasy. “It’s fantasy! Why do I need to research just to make […]
There are a lot of stories you can write. Hordes of them. Seething lexical legions demanding ink-black birth through your mind-womb! That grew dire fast, and I apologize. Anyway, most of us learn early on that there are a multitude of genres with a multitude of options and three principle styles of writing (Low, Middle, […]
Ashenvein Gate: Stories & Dreams 