I’ve been thinking about some common aspects of the stories I like. And I’ve found that one of them is hope. In this post, I’ll share why.
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Book review: Return of a Warlord
The fourth book of R.K. Lander’s series brings one of its subplots to an end. And what an end it is… (don’t worry, I won’t spoil it).
Continue readingBook review: Road of a Warrior
The second book of R.K. Lander’s series follows the first book right away – and while the first one was focused on the dangers outside, this one delves more into the threats within.
Continue readingBook review: Path of a Novice
After a couple of re-reads and forays into different genres, I’m back to reading fantasy. This time, I picked up quite a popular series, and was pleasantly surprised by it.
Continue readingForging characters: parent-child relationships pt.2
Continuing where I left off two weeks ago, today, I’ll look into the parent-child relationships in my writing project. As before, headers will be for the child’s name.
Continue readingForging characters: parent-child relationships pt.1
A while ago, I looked into parent-child relationships in fiction. Today, I’ll look into some examples from my own project and share a bit of background. For clarity, the child’s name will be used for the headers.
Continue readingBook review: Strange Omens
After three years since I read book one (review), I’ve returned to Jim Stein’s post-apocalyptic urban fantasy based on native north-American lore.
Continue readingClichés: dragonrider fantasy, part two
Continuing from my first post, I’ll now delve to the usual story clichés appearing in dragonrider fantasy. This time specifically to elements related to dragons.
Continue readingClichés: dragonrider fantasy, part one
After a year-or-so, I’m returning to the topic of story clichés, this time with a whole sub-genre of fantasy in my sights. That’s not to say I don’t like these books – I do, in fact. But they seem to attract quite a lot of repeated themes. Today, I’ll look into some of them.
Continue readingBook review: Embers of Illeniel
My latest read is a book by Michael G. Manning. I originally wanted to start with another book of his, but decided to re-consider and start with the chronologically first book. This ended up being a mixed-feeling read that took me a while longer than I expected.
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