Tag: Writing
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Write of Way #1 – Admitting You Have A Problem
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to finding a solution. If you’re reading this, then you probably have a problem, and a rather ... -
Original Fiction: Neither Fruit nor Flesh by RJ Barker
It was a freak accident and everyone said so: the doctors who treated her, friends, even her family. Everyone. It was an ironic twist of fate, ... -
Magical Warfare
Fallout taught fans that war…war never changes. Military historians, however, argue otherwise. Case in point: the stirrup. Before firearms dominated the battlefield, it’s generally agreed that ... -
High Resolution: Worldbuilding and the Small Details
I have a fascination with the metal buttons on pay phones, the pixels on old Zenith televisions, the writing on IV drip bags, and the lettering ... -
Exploring Vvardenfell: How Morrowind Created an Immersive Secondary World
Back in 2012, I was sitting with a group of fantasy writers at the PNWA conference in Seattle. Everyone had begun rolling off their favorite authors, ... -
Interview with John Gwynne
John Gwynne’s novels have been nominated within all three categories at the David Gemmell Legend Awards. Book one, Malice, won the Morningstar Award for Best Debut ... -
Interview with Marc Turner
Marc Turner is the author of the epic fantasy series The Chronicles of the Exile. I had the pleasure of interviewing him for Fantasy-Faction to celebrate ... -
The Necronomicon to the Nokizi: Creating Texts For Secondary Worlds
Writing in-world texts offers an anchor for characters, readers, and authors—when everyone is working off the same information, there’s a sense of immersion and verisimilitude, that ... -
How to Self-Publish; or, We Should Be Writing
This one has been bubbling up for a while… Over the last few months, various discussions have erupted around the subject of self-publishing, specifically how it ...