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Slash is nothing new- Arthurian romance and tragedy
The Arthurian legends came about because of an interesting fusion of Southern French cultural values and Celtic/Welsh legends mixed in with a vernacular history of Wales after the fall of Rome, all...
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Training the Eye
There’s a common misperception that fantasy is about the imprecise, the ephemeral, the unknowable, and therefore the usual rules of writing and art do not apply. Nothing could be further from the...
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Angel of worldbuilding! Guest blogger Viki Lyn – plus a chance to WIN Sins of...
Today, I’m thrilled to welcome Viki Lyn, author of a series of contemporary and paranormal m/m hits including Out of Bounds, Last Chance, Fighting Chance, and her amazing new fantasy release, Sins of...
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Games Workshop versus Spots the Space Marine
Oh for heaven’s sake! I have only just read about this http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/02/06/space-marines-and-the-battle-of-tradem-ark/ It seems that the enormous corporate RPG giant, Games Workshop,...
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Thoughts About World-Building
As Rachel and I work on the edits for our next book in the Chicagoland Shifters series, TIGER TIGER, I am reminded about the challenges of worldbuilding. BURNING BRIGHT, the first in the series, came...
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Promptly!
During the month of April, join me at Coffee Time Romance for a free workshop, “Using Prompts to Expand Your Creativity“. Over the coming weeks, we will experiment with using all five senses – and...
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Fantasy and Reality
One of the challenges of writing fantasy is making it real to the reader. To do this requires getting the details right. In our upcoming release, TIGER TIGER, we have a trauma veterinary surgeon who...
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Why Fantasy?
I’ve been asked before, why do you write fantasy? Why not something more real? I’ve also been asked why M/M romance, why poly, why Wiccan, why, why, why. I think it’s a fascinating question, in...
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Favorite Fantasy Reminiscences – Patricia McKillip
I have owned my battered copies of Patricia McKillip’s trilogy The Riddlemaster of Hed for over two and a half decades. I suppose that, more than anything else, is the best recommendation a reader...
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Welcome Special Guest, Shira Glassman
I have a treat for you today! Shira Glassman is the author of The Second Mango, due out this Wednesday the 21st from Prizm Books, the Young Adult imprint of Torquere Press. I am excited to bring you...
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