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Book review: Michael Chatfield’s Death Knight series, books 1-3

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Tomas

My next read was a bit unusual pick – a book series promising a short, light-hearted fantasy. Which delivered on its promise. Due to the books being short, I’m merging the individual reviews of the first three books into a single post.

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Building a World: Eltoria & royal palace

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Tomas

You might remember my ‘Forging a character’ posts from a while ago. And while I’ve (almost) exhausted the stories behind creating characters… there are stories left to tell about creating the world.

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Posted in Fantasy, Writing | Tagged Fantasy, worldbuilding, Writing | 2 Comments

Book review: The Soulweb

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Tomas

After a long hiatus from pleasure reading caused my a sequence of beta-swaps, I came back to it with a book that promised a fast-paced fantasy adventure. And it fulfilled its promise, though not without (minor) issues.

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Inspiration: from SF and technology to fantasy

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Tomas

In this post, I’ll look into some cases when Sci-Fi inspired my writing, despite the fact I’m writing fantasy.

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Eat a deer, save the woods

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Tomas

Today, I’ll make an unusual post – a bit of ecology and a look at the struggling natural balance in the present time, as well as a look into the past and how it can be used in fiction.

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Gender and combat roles in history and fiction

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Tomas

Today, I’ll have a look at the difference when it comes to participation in combat by gender – starting with some look into history and bilogy and then how fiction can change some of the aspects, as well as one of the major tropes.

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Wildlife in fantasy

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Tomas

Today, I’ll share a bit different point of view on wildlife in fantasy and the differences compared to our life.

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Fantasy: anatomy of dragonfire

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Tomas

Dragons and their ability to breathe fire upon their foes are a common occurence in fantasy. Today, I’ll look at the various ways this can be approached with their strengths and weaknesses.

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Fiction: Best gear against zombies?

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Tomas

In this post, I’ll take a bit different direction than usual: while related to fantasy and possibly Sci-Fi, I’ll try a realistic look at what gear would be useful in case of zombie apocalypse.

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Fantasy: high elf technology

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Tomas

The high elves have, compared to the forest-dwelling variants, approach to what would be a major luxury – due to their magical skills. In this post, I’ll share my thoughts about how to achieve much with magic instead of present-day technology.

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