Tag: fantasy
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TV Binging and Conservatives Killing Literature…
Blurring the lines between fiction and reality (The Straits Times) Recently, I interviewed an imaginary character. This was Geronimo Stilton, journalist and author, who has penned more than 100 books for young children about his travels to ancient Egypt, the kingdom of fantasy, back in time, too many places to count. He is also a fictional…
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Festival of the Pale – An Excerpt from Jesse Teller’s Mestlven
The Pale, the goddess of death, fixed her rotting eyes squarely on the city of Mestlven where grew a darkness, patient and terrible. Her murder lifted from the battlefields of Corlene to swoop and brood on Mestlven’s roofs and scream at her citizens. Enormous crows, two feet tall with four-foot wingspans, terrorized the city and…
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K.S. Villoso, author of Jaeth’s Eye
Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? I love the scope and flexibility of epic fantasy. I love how it can encompass all sorts of themes that may be outdated or just won’t work in other genres: honor, duty, courage, and sacrifice. There is always this “larger-than-life” feel in epic…
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Sarah Buhrman, author of Too Wyrd
What is the biggest thing that people THINK they know about your subject/genre that isn’t so? If I tell people I write fantasy, they think my story is about dragons, unicorns, mages or barbarians. If I’m more specific and say I write Urban Fantasy, they assume it’s about vampires… or at least werewolves. And if…
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Running With Hummingbirds by Itzuintli
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Triple Alliance, still stands in 1810. For three-hundred years, their empire has survived conquistadors creeping through their jungles, plagues wasting through their streets, and black-robed missionaries denigrating every aspect of their society, their dreams, and their way-of-life, all for the sake of selling bibles. Thanks to Eagle-Warriors and Ocelot-Kin slipping…
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Micah Castle, author of The Stone Man and Other Tales
When and why did you begin writing? Books are something I’ve loved for a long time, the stories, the literature, the way the letters look on the page. That lead to me finally starting to write about three years ago. I’ve always wanted to write a book before I died, but I kept pushing it…
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Gates of Arcadia (The Arcadian Saga book 1) by S.A. Montagueo
Selian Corvus, an eighteen-year-old reluctantly living in a society built to destroy him, his hope, and all who combine their mental, physical, and spiritual energies to reshape the world around them. His morals are put to the test when one bad decision leads to the capture of his younger sister, Tahlia, the last thing remaining…
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Devil’s Night Dawning by Damien Black
Two witch hunters struggle to identify a mystery warlock who seeks an ancient power to rule realms. But with the wizard’s servants on their trail and their kingdom on the brink of civil war, can they stay alive long enough to find their hidden enemy? High fantasy, supernatural horror, detective fiction and chivalric romance join…
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Leah Hart, Author of Mistress of Magic
How do you think you’ve evolved creatively? My earliest work (from when I learned how to write, up through middle school) was all about myself, friends and family in strange situations. My little sister would be in a fairy tale, or my friends and I would be super cool and adored by the popular guys…
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The Eagle’s Flight by D. E. Olesen
Peace in the Seven Realms of Adalmearc is only as strong as those who rule them. With the death of the high king and his heir too young to assume the throne, political intrigues fill the landscape as the leading noble families scheme and plot their way to power. Meanwhile, enemies abroad sense the changes…
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