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This such a fun dynamic, honestly and more fantasy and sci-fi should implement it. You don’t even have to design a fantasy language,...

Everyone has their two cents about the grimdark genre but one thing I don’t see discussed at much length

There’s more to a relationship to explore between your characters than just how good each other is in the bedroom. Here’s a few suggestions

Unless you have a significant other totally and completely invested in your writing journey, no one else will have the same priorities

Because I hate coming up with new names. I hate it. I write fantasy. Why do I do this to myself? The credits of your favorite movies,...

Can we please encourage content warnings for smut and other triggering topics in published literature? This needs to be a thing. Everyone...

It’s kind of crazy how so much of Tolkien’s worldbuilding has defined fantasy. The default for Elves and Dwarves, fantasy kingdoms,...

Some of these are not mine, they’re from author Randy Ellefson, I’m just interpreting the tips I like in my own words. These specifically...

This round we’re doing some recent discoveries on my writing journey. Some are less groundbreaking and more “I did not expect this to...

Quick! We wrote an insanely, unexpectedly successful one-off fantasy series! How do we top the villain? A bigger, badder giant space...

This post is brought to you by one of the worst line deliveries in the history of Supernatural: Sam’s reveal of Ruby 2.0 in “Lazarus...

1. Fiercely independent character’s lesson isn’t to “trust people” I’m not projecting. You’re projecting. There is a divide wide enough...

Sequels, and followup seasons to TV shows, can be very tricky to get right. Most of the time, especially with the onslaught of sequels,...

1. Not everyone will like your book, no matter how good it is I’ve said this before, granted, but sometimes you can have very arbitrary...

The staggering number of protagonists in sci-fi and fantasy with dead parents grows every single year. Frodo Baggins, Harry Potter, Luke...

An element of story so superficially understood and yet is the backbone of what your work is trying to say. Theme is my favorite element...

Trigger warning for this entire post This is completely off the cuff and unplanned but here we go. I read a book that POV switches...

*This list contains mentions of assault, #4 1. Zero cursing is better than censored cursing I made the mistake in the early days of...

Fanfic gets a bad rap pretty much everywhere except Tumblr. It’s misunderstood and misrepresented by its average works, seen as juvenile...

1. You don’t fall in love with your characters immediately But when you do, it’s a hit of serotonin like no other. I’d been writing a...