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Looking for Beta Readers

Hello, friends! I am happy to announce that I am looking for beta readers for my novel, Out of the Curse. This will be the last round of beta readers for this novel! Dragon soldiers are not supposed to be prophets. As a teenage soldier raised to fight for a rebel leader, Mar Zaehav believes… Continue reading Looking for Beta Readers

Guest Post, Writing Tips

4 Ways to Create Wonder in Fantasy

What creates a sense of wonder in fantasy? Guest Post by Tabitha Driver “The true fairytale is, to my mind, very like the sonata….if two or three men sat down to write each what the sonata meant to him, what approximation to definite idea would be the result? Little enough…” George MacDonald writes in "The… Continue reading 4 Ways to Create Wonder in Fantasy

Writing Tips

On Eucatastrophe: Writing a Proper Fairy Tale Ending

If you are looking for a formula for writing the “and they lived happily ever after” ending of Disney’s Cinderella or Snow White, then you are going to be disappointed. I want to talk about real fairy tale endings such as Hans Christian Anderson’s “Little Mermaid” where the prince finds his one true love and… Continue reading On Eucatastrophe: Writing a Proper Fairy Tale Ending