Keeping Things Consistent In Your Fantasy Worlds
Fifteen years ago, when I first started writing seriously, I remember what a struggle it was to keep things straight in my fantasy worlds. In one scene, my character Sam would hurl flaming hawks from his bow. Fifty pages later, that same bow would hurl ordinary arrows. Fifty more page, and he launched crossbow bolts. [...]
How To Come Up With Truly Memorable Character Names For Your Fantasy Novel
What if Aragorn was called Bilbo in the Lord of the Rings trilogy? And Bilbo was named Sauron? The trilogy would have made quite a different read. Let's take a quick look at how to come up with memorable, yet relevant names for the characters in your fantasy novels. What Not To Do I'll never [...]
Auctions – Get your novel critiqued and/or evaluated for a good cause
Just won two author critiques via Katherine Brauer's "critsforwater" campaign, one from author Imogen Howson (winner of the 2008 Elizabeth Goudge Award) and one from Katherine Brauer herself! Be sure to check it out at: http://critsforwater.katbrauer.com/ And bid on a critique, for a good cause! Even if you're outbid on anything, she'll send a consolation [...]
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