An out-of-schedule post! A volunteer-made virtual fantasy convention starts today and runs for 5 days – most (if not all) of the stuff will be broadcasted live on YouTube. More details inside.
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Book review: Augury answered
The next book I’ve chosen to read was a fantasy that combined viking and native American inspiration. A fast-paced and somewhat violent story with an unexpected ending.
Continue readingBook review: Scions of the Black Lotus (collection)
My continuation with J.C. Kang’s fantasy world led me to this collection of shorter stories, though this “collection” acts pretty much as a single 800-page story as the individual stories folow one right into another.
Continue readingBook review: Crown of the Sundered Empire
Continuing where Masters of Deception left off, this side-series of JC Kang’s fantasy series took me for another fast-paced story with no shortage of action, twists, and humor.
Continue readingFantasy month questions
Two weeks ago, I made a post looking at the MC of my writing project in a different way. Today, I’m taking another jab at this, focused on my fantasy preferences, courtesy of Ed White. So, let’s get to it!
Continue readingBook review: Masters of Deception
While the fourth book of J.C. Kang’s Dragon Song series is down due to being re-pusblished, I delved into one of the side-stories. And as this one has a major focus on Jie the half-elf spy, I was in for an action-packed story, though the world’s politics still played a major part.
Continue readingBook review: Dances of deception
After a reading break that was longer than intended, I returned to JC Kang’s Dragon Songs series, with the third book. Despite being quite a long read, I managed to read the book in a week.
Continue readingForging a world: fictional anthropology
In today’s post, I’ll share a look at creating humanoid species in a consistent manner, and share bits of the process in my own story.
Continue readingBook review: Orchestra of treacheries
After Songs of Insurrection, I’ve went to read the second book in the original series instead of the side-story happening chronologically between them. And while it follows organically, the themes shift in this book.
Continue readingBook review: Songs of Insurrection
After two months of reading only my working drafts, I’m finally back to reading – this time, with a book that seems to mix fantasy, romance, political drama, and spy thriller into a single package.
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