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I’m one of those proud nerds who loves looking at a map when I open a book. So when I created the world of Koleth, of course I wanted to include maps.
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The other night I was reading meta analysis on season seven of Supernatural (because that’s what good little grad students do instead of their homework), when I learned something entirely new. The analyzer kept referencing the Heroine’s Journey– and honestly, my eyes glazed right past it. After all, this was on Tumblr, which has a
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Meandering through the internet, I found a pair of images that really struck me. I’ll let them speak for themselves: The difference between the first and the second is staggering. One is vivid and evocative, the other is silly– and makes a striking point. These comparisons are so overused (so cliche) that they have ceased
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You may have noticed that I’ve dropped off the face of the earth since the end of my July blogging challenge. I’ve been tremendously busy lately, and this little guy is most of the reason behind it. We brought him home on August 4, and he’s a real handful!
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Art captured in words won’t hide in shadow. It emerges to illuminate life.
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The Scenario A while back I was working on a story with Kya, and I kept hitting a roadblock with one character in particular. She was an ordinary teenager tossed into a magical world. Unfortunately, she was also more grounded than she was practical. Looking at the magic, she started coming up with every possible
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If there’s one thing that far too many of us have in common these days, it’s the simple words: “I am busy”. At the moment I’m going to school to pursue a Masters of Library Science, I’m running a freelance editing service, I’m trying to fix up my own manuscript, I’m participating in the Speculative
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While I’m busy with grad school, I’ll be replaying some of the most-read posts from my old blog. Some people instantly gravitate to one particular narrative style. The story they’re writing just naturally lends itself to one Point of View (POV) in particular. After all, who would want to read “That guy over there? His
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I’ve heard a lot of people say gender doesn’t matter– that we are all equal in soul and under the skin– and I’m not arguing that, with or against. But it’s undeniable that society changes our expectations of how men and women look, think and behave, and how they should be portrayed– at least on
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“It does not do to dwell in dreams and forget to live.” –Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone It’s been a rough summer for me. I recently started grad school, and between that, blogging, and the annual Spec Fic Marathon, I’ve ended up getting cloistered inside my office. I’ve gone weeks without seeing
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This is the second part of my response to this blog post, asking about writing woes. I write fantasy. And because it isn’t rooted in our world, that means I have spent a whole lot of time worldbuilding. My current WIP deals with the interaction of three separate countries, as well as the influence of
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