Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/30/19

Today's link is to a list of new young adult fantasy and science fiction books coming out in February: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/30/new-young-adult-sff-books-february-2019/

Monday, January 28, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/28/19

Today's link is to a list of the fantasy books coming out in February: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/28/new-fantasy-february-2019/

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/27/19

Today's link is to an article on seven online resources to help create fantasy languages: https://mythicscribes.com/world-building/resources-fantasy-languages/

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/26/19

Today's link is to a writing article on storytelling and common problems in new manuscripts: https://mythcreants.com/blog/six-common-storytelling-problems-in-new-manuscripts/

Friday, January 25, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/25/19

Today's link is an article on story telling and making the antagonist sympathetic and how the "Avengers Infinity War" got Thanos Wrong: https://mythcreants.com/blog/making-sympathetic-antagonists-and-why-thanos-wasnt-one/

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/20/19

Today's link is to a writing article on five myths about characters: https://mythicscribes.com/character-development/5-myths-writing-characters/

Friday, January 18, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/18/19

Today's link is to for world building and not giving nonhuman characters traits of marginalized groups: https://mythcreants.com/blog/should-you-give-non-human-groups-marginalized-traits/#more-24894

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Fantasy Links 1/13/19

Today I give you two links. The first is to a podcast about oppressed mages: https://mythcreants.com/blog/205-oppressed-mages/#more-25186 and the second to a fantasy short story: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/son-of-water-and-fire/ Enjoy.

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/12/19

Today's link is to a writing article on six woodcraft mistakes in manuscripts and how to fix them: https://mythcreants.com/blog/six-common-wordcraft-mistakes-in-manuscripts/

Wednesday, January 09, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/9/19

Today's link is to an article on writing advice on playing to your weaknesses as an author: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/09/putting-your-worst-foot-forward-why-you-should-play-to-your-weaknesses-as-an-author/

Monday, January 07, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/7/19

Today's link is on writing and using a wiki to help with your world building: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/07/how-to-create-a-wiki-to-support-your-fantasy-worldbuilding/

Sunday, January 06, 2019

Fantasy Link 1/6/19

Today's link is to a podcast on poorly used word craft devices: https://mythcreants.com/blog/204-bad-wordcraft-devices/#more-25080

Friday, January 04, 2019

Daily Fantasy Link 1/4/19

Today's link is to an article on often used young adult cliches: https://mythcreants.com/blog/a-field-guide-to-six-infectious-ya-cliches/

Thursday, January 03, 2019

Daily Fantasy Link 1/3/19

Today is J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday so the link is to an article on ten important quotes from the Lord of the Rings: https://theportalist.com/lord-of-the-ring-quotes

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Daily Fantasy Link 1/3/19

Today's link is to an article on rereading Seanan McGuire's Every Heart a Doorwaynovella: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/02/looking-for-the-way-home-rereading-seanan-mcguires-every-heart-a-doorway/

Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Daily Fantasy Link 1/1/19

For the first day of the new year, here's a link to an article about how fantasy author Tamora Pierce's books changes lives: https://www.tor.com/2019/01/01/tamora-pierces-fantasy-changes-lives/