Creative Writing Prompts: Shapeshifters, Real and Metaphorical
Exploring shapeshifters, both in the fantasy and real world, will add depth and interest to your writing. And who doesn’t want that?
Fantasy
Why Build Your Own World, When You Can Steal One?
No, this is not a post about fan fiction or making a living as a copyright thief. It’s really more of a “write what you know” post or what you can research post. It’s a build your own world post based on what is already established or accepted. I’ve had two series that required some … [Read more…]
Realism When Writing Fantasy and SciFi
One problem with writing fantasy novels in which heroes and heroines wield swords, shields and sundry other objets d’mayhem, is that most of us have no idea what using those things is actually like. Luckily, it’s almost a moot point–most of our readers have little experience in this area as well, and so don’t know … [Read more…]
