Tag: fiction
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6 Clichés in Fantasy and How to Avoid Them
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Fantasy tropes, while familiar, can become clichéd if overused, leading to boredom among readers. Key clichés include “The Chosen One,” “The Evil Dark Lord,” “The Magical Artifact Quest,” overused races like elves and dwarves, “The Farm Boy Hero,” and “The Wise Old Mentor.” Writers should reimagine or avoid these to…
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Behind the Scenes: Aeolian Dunes
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The Aeolian Dunes of Muspelheim were inspired by the gypsum sand dunes at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.
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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter is one of the Secret Novels written by Brandon Sanderson during the pandemic. Sanderson wrote this book for his wife Emily and it shows. Emily has apparently been wanting him to write something with more romance in it for some time, so he decided to…
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Legendary Love: 5 Epic Fantasy Romances
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Romance can be discovered in many an epic fantasy novel, from Middle-earth to the Shattered Plains of Roshar. In this article, I’ll be going over a few romantic couples in well-known epic fantasy stories. These aren’t romantasy or romantic fantasy couples; they are couples whose love stories…
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Book Review: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin
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A Wizard of Earthsea, written by Ursula LeGuin, is a classic children’s fantasy novel published in 1968. I may be 56 years late to the party, but I finally read it! This is the first book review for the books that I am reading as part of my 52 Book…
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150k Wordcount Milestone!
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Today I reached a milestone with my latest book! 150,000 words! I can actually believe that Muspell’s Sons is going to have a sequel! Granted, they are 150,000 unedited words, and not all of the story is written down yet. I consider it a rough or first draft until I…
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Word Sprint Timers
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Here are a couple of word sprint timers that I put up on YouTube. I intend to add others eventually, but I’d like to record the background video myself, which might take a while for me to get around to. I intentionally didn’t add music to the timers because I…
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Dragon Books
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Dragons! Since humans first discovered dinosaur bones and decided they must have belonged to some long-extinct giant (sometimes flying) reptile, we’ve been fascinated by dragons. These enormous beasts have featured prominently in legends, myths, and folklore. Today, you can hardly call yourself a fantasy author if you haven’t written a…
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FREE DOWNLOAD: “Books I’ve Read” Bookmark
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I love having a physical way to keep track of my goals, so I decided to create a bookmark that has space for me to write down the titles of the books that I’ve finished reading this year as part of my 52 Books Challenge. And since it was already…
