Any story that is told with proper artistry and depth should be indistinguishable from magic. ~ David Farland
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Indistinguishable Magic
Tagged with: David Farland quote, just write, magic in storytelling, quotes for writers, storytelling, writing quote about magic, writing quotes
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Compelling Book Covers: Awesome Artwork, a Crackling Font, and a Constellation
Book covers fascinate me. The good ones incorporate the right balance of color, fonts, and imagery to spark interest and convey a book’s genre. It’s an art form I admire, and which I doubt I’ll ever get a handle on…
Tagged with: book cover design, book-choosing habits, compelling book covers, D.P. Prior, Ernie Lindsey, Peter Heller, Skynoise, The Dog Stars, The Nameless Dwarf
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Author Interview: D Wallace Peach
Author D. Wallace Peach infuses her speculative fiction with vivid prose and intriguing plots. Her twelve published books are divided between two four-book series and four standalone novels. Kari’s Reckoning (2017) is the fourth and final novel in her Rose…
Tagged with: Catling’s Bane by D. Wallace Peach, fantasy authors, fantasy writers, Farlanders' Law by D. Wallace Peach, Kari’s Reckoning by D Wallace Peach, magic systems, Oathbreakers' Guild by D. Wallace Peach, sentient landscapes in fantasy, speculative fiction writers, The Rose Shield series by D Wallace Peach, world building
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Posted in Author Interviews
3 Fiction Writing Terms: Foreshadow, MacGuffin, Red Herring
The writing business is one of the deepest oceans to navigate. Besides mastering book distribution, marketing, and promotion, writers must also learn a unique set of terms and techniques before deciding what to apply to their own work. When I…
Read a Book, Make a Friend
A book is a special object, a time-tested conveyor of not just information, but emotion and connection. Some of my best friends are books. ~ Seth Godin
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7 Speculative Fiction Writing Contests for 2018: March-May Deadlines
Writing contests abound on the internet — a Google search for 2018 competitions brings up over two million results. A speculative fiction submission can get lost in such an ocean of general fiction entries. The following list only includes contests with specific categories…
Tagged with: Aeon Award, Albedo One, Baen Fantasy Adventure Award, Colorado Gold Writing Contest, novel contests, PARSEC Short Story Contest, Prophecy Creek Book Award in Speculative Fiction, short story contests, The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award, Writers of the Future Contest, writing contest
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Author Interview: Maer Wilson
Author Maer Wilson uses her experience in the theatre to build believable characters to inhabit her “cozy dark” stories. Her Modern Magics series, which follows a pair of supernatural detectives whose clients are usually dead, includes three novels and four…
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