In the second episode of this series, I’m revealing the process of creating one of the main characters of my to-be fantasy story: Archmage Ereanel Owlbeak, the best friend of Kraasian Darkwood – the warrior I introduced in the first episode.
Category Archives: Fantasy
Writing: Thoughts about gadgets
Writers can do much with their imaginations. This includes various devices to help both sides of the conflict. These can be anything from small, useful things to devices that have a large-scale impact on what a character can do. They can even break a genre’s boundary, allowing something one could not normally do.
Reading: intimacy and sex in fantasy
Some time ago, I wrote about how I see romance in fantasy both from reader and writer point of view, as well as some general thoughts about romance in relation to ending of the story. Today, I’m venturing into slightly more dangerous waters: intimacy in fantasy.
Warning: potentially sensitive content will be mentioned in this post.
Reading: Series I abandoned
This time, I am looking back at series I’ve abandoned and why I did so, excluding the series abandoned by the writers as this is about my choice to leave them be.
Book review: Drakin, the story of Raiya
After two Sci-Fi books (Jurrasic Park and Resist), I got to read a book that is some kind of a mix of Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Another step into the unknown for me – and one that worked for me.
Writing: what to expect from my story
Greetings everyone. Today, I’ll give a few more hints on what you can (or can’t) expect to see in my work-in-progress fantasy trilogy. Spoiler-free, of course. I am really careful about that.
Writing: beta prologue reveal
I’ll keep this one short. The first sample of my coming fantasy is finally available to see. It’s up-to-date with edits made in early September and will be updated with each major draft. This first shared fragment is roughly 0,5% of the to-be book one and can be viewed here.
I should be able to share one to three more samples in time (no ETA yet). The whole book one should be completed in the second half of 2019 if everything goes well. I’ll probably try to share some other bits in the meantime. What they’ll be is hard to guess.
Anyway, that’s it from me. See you next time.
Romance elements in fantasy, part two: endings
Not so long ago, I wrote about how I saw romance elements in fantasy. This time, I’ll continue from where I left off the last time and share my opinion on some of the possible ends and how I see them – positives and negatives in all cases. It’ll not be tied to fantasy in several cases as, I believe, these work in general.
Writing thoughts: backstory, part two
In July, I wrote about how I initially feared writing backstories and how that changed over time. This time, I’ll talk about how my random sparks of imagination can affect backstory development.
Writing: first small reveal
With the last edits and fixes being done to have the first beta version of my to-be debut book, I’ve decided it’s time to reveal some bits about it. I guess that after a year of writing this kind of posts and only hinting, it’s about time.
Read on for the first bits to be revealed.
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