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Book Review - Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
What do you think about switching POV midway through a chapter? Labyrinth by Kate Mosse uses POV and its massive cast creatively to...
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Mar 132 min read
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Book Review - A Court of Thorns and Roses
I enjoy reading books that aren’t my typical taste to see why so many other people love them so much. A Court of Thorns and Roses by...
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Mar 63 min read
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Book Review - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin is a brilliant example of how you can use an unreliable narrator to your advantage...
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Jan 281 min read
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Crafting a convincing fantasy setting
Setting is a pretty all-encompassing element of your manuscript. It is difficult to talk about any one element in isolation. Here I'll...
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Jul 24, 20243 min read
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Book Review - Yellowface by RF Kuang
This is exactly the type of book that you start reading after work and ten minutes later it’s dark out and you’ve forgotten to cook...
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Jul 22, 20243 min read
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Book Review - Venomous Lumpsuckers by Ned Beauman
Should I have read a near-future climate dystopia when I’m living in a present day climate dystopia? Perhaps not! But here is my take as...
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Jul 8, 20242 min read
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Authenticity Reader
A special part of writing is that we get to explore the world around us through our words. This often means writing beyond our own...
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Jul 2, 20244 min read
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Book Review - The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythel
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell is nonfiction, but what can fantasy authors learn from it? This book might have the most...
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Jun 24, 20242 min read
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Why Hire a Specialist Fantasy Editor?
For fantasy authors, the enchanting worlds they create and the captivating characters they bring to life hold the power to transport...
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Jul 20, 20232 min read
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The Benefits of Working with an Audiobook Production Team
In the fast-paced world of publishing, audiobooks have surged in popularity, captivating audiences with their immersive storytelling...
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Jul 19, 20233 min read
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Getting an Agent
Finding a literary agent to represent your fantasy novel is an important step on the path to publication. Literary agents have industry...
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Jul 14, 20232 min read
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How to Please Your Fantasy Readers
In the vast realm of publishing, the fantasy genre has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers worldwide. If you're an aspiring...
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Jul 14, 20232 min read
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Find an Editor for Your Fantasy Manuscript
Are you a fantasy writer seeking to polish your manuscript and bring it to its full potential? Working with a professional editor can...
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Jul 14, 20232 min read
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Beta Readers and Where to Find Them
As a fantasy writer, having beta readers is an invaluable resource to help you improve your manuscript before publication. Beta readers...
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Jul 14, 20233 min read
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Hit your word count every day
Productivity is a buzz word everywhere we look. We see big name writers telling us how many words they write a day to succeed. There are...
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Feb 1, 20232 min read
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Balancing Dialogue with Narration
Would your novel play out like a silent film? Or would it be relatively unchanged if adapted to be performed on a small, empty stage?...
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Feb 1, 20233 min read
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Let the readers do the work
Repetition in narrative is a tough problem to crack because we are used to the way our narratives flows. Recaps of action that happened...
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Nov 17, 20223 min read
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Chopping down your sentences
She loaded up her word processor on her laptop and began writing her blog. It increases the word count, but does showing every movement...
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Nov 16, 20223 min read
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The secret to original prose
A search for doing your own line editing will turn out pages and pages of blogs containing hard and fast rules. Don't be too wordy. Don't...
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Nov 11, 20222 min read
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Hunting down your repetitive words
When we're deep in our writing, we don't tend to notice these words slipping into each paragraph as we write. Even on rereading, they...
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Nov 10, 20223 min read
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