Fantasy Link 11/1/20

Today's link is to a podcast about the masquerade in urban fantasy or how to portray magic and magical creatures in the modern day world: https://mythcreants.com/blog/299-the-masquerade/#more-33387 

Fantasy Link 10/25/20

 Today's link is to a podcast on episodic prose: https://mythcreants.com/blog/298-episodic-prose-stories/#more-33372

Fantasy Link 10/24/20

 Today's article is about world building and using incantations in magic systems: https://mythcreants.com/blog/using-incantations-in-your-magic-system/

Fantasy Link 10/18/20

 Today's link is to a writing podcast on creating stronger characters: https://mythcreants.com/blog/297-developing-stronger-characters/#more-33283

Fantasy Link 8/23/20

Today's link is to a podcast on character flaws: https://mythcreants.com/blog/289-character-flaws/ 

Fantasy Link 8/22/20

 Sorry I missed posting last week due to life events intervening.

Today is a link to an article on five stories that had anticlimactic endings: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-stories-with-anticlimactic-endings/

Fantasy Link 8/2/20

Today's link is to a podcast from Mythcreants on revisiting character deaths in stories: https://mythcreants.com/blog/286-character-death-revisited/

Fantasy Link 8/1/20

Today's link is for the Hugo Award winners of 2020: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/2020-hugo-award-winners

Fantasy Link 7/24/20

Today's link is to a writing article on why writers should read bad stories:  https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-reasons-storytellers-should-consume-bad-stories/

Fantasy Link 7/17/20

Today's link is to a storytelling and writing article on how to write grim dark stories and fixing them: https://mythcreants.com/blog/why-storytellers-fail-at-grimdark-and-how-to-fix-it/

Fantasy Links 7/11/20

Hello everyone,

Two links for your today. The first is on worlbuilding and how Frank Herbert sabotaged his own ideas in building Dune: https://mythcreants.com/blog/building-arrakis-how-herbert-sabotaged-his-own-ideas/

The second is to an article on storytelling and reasons protagonists end up unlikeable: https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-common-reasons-protagonists-are-unlikable/

Fantasy Link 7/4/20

Happy Fourth of July everyone!!

Today's link is to an article that analyzes five stories where they killed the wrong character: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-stories-that-killed-the-wrong-character/

Fantasy Link 7/3/20

Today's link is to a writing article that can help writers by exploring the terrible writing of Eragon's sequel : https://mythcreants.com/blog/lessons-from-the-terrible-writing-of-eragons-sequel/

Fantasy Link 6/27/20

Today's link is to an analysis article on five characters with weak motivations and how to  fix them: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-characters-with-weak-motivations-and-how-to-fix-them/

Fantasy Link 6/26/20

Today's link is to an article on writing and sending a message in your storytelling: https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-send-a-message-with-your-story/

Fantasy Link 6/21/20

Happy Fathers Day! Today's link is to a podcast discussing award nominee book The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow: https://mythcreants.com/blog/280-the-ten-thousand-doors-of-january/#more-31627

Fantasy Link 6/20/20

Today's link is to an analysis article on five overburdened stories that offers insight to authors on how not to overburden their works: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-over-burdened-stories-and-how-to-fix-them/

Fantasy Link 6/13/20

Today's link is to an article on inspiration and weapons in fantasy and science fiction: https://mythcreants.com/blog/what-does-and-doesnt-make-a-signature-weapon-cool/

Fantasy Link 6/12/20

Today's link is to a writing article about backstory and what to keep or leave out: https://mythcreants.com/blog/judging-what-backstory-to-keep-and-what-to-let-go/#more-31404

Fantasy Link 6/7/20

Today's link is for a podcast on memorable characters: https://mythcreants.com/blog/278-memorable-characters/#more-31496

Nebula Awards & Fantasy Link 5/31/20

Today there are two links.

The first is for the Nebula Award winners for 2020: https://io9.gizmodo.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2020-nebula-awards-1843798577  Congratulations to the winners!!

The other links is to a podcast about realistic monsters in the genres: https://mythcreants.com/blog/277-realistic-monsters/

Enjoy.

Fantasy Link 5/30/20

Hello everyone,

Sorry about missing last week. The Memorial Day weekend and a writing project kept me too busy.

Today's link is an article on writing and storytelling, and when it's okay to break the rules: https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-reasons-its-definitely-okay-to-neglect-storytelling-rules/

Fantasy Links 5/16/20

Today there are three links. One on inspiration in fantasy battles and two on writing.

The first is on inspiration in writing fantasy battles: https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-musts-for-dominating-a-fantasy-battle/

The next two are links to a nonfiction book on writing by Charlie Jane Anders being published at Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2020/05/12/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-get-through-hard-times-by-making-up-stories/

https://www.tor.com/2020/05/15/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-make-your-own-imaginary-friends/

Fantasy Link 5/8/20

Today's link is for something fun with what if debates in fantasy. The first one is should you own a dragon: https://www.tor.com/2020/05/08/penguin-random-house-great-fantasy-debate-video-facebook-watch/

Fantasy Link 5/2/20

Today's link is to an article on world building and six ridiculous cultures to be found in fantasy and science fiction: https://mythcreants.com/blog/six-ridiculous-cultures-in-speculative-fiction/

Fantasy Link 5/1/20

Today's link is too a writing article on adding tension to a story to keep readers from becoming bored: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-common-reasons-tension-is-missing/

Blog Update 4/25/2020

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for the lapse of entries on this blog. Shelter in place with the pandemic, working with students through online learning and my writing have kept me busy the past few weeks. Now that I have a routine, I plan to keep up with the blog.

Today I have a writing link on world building about how author Naomi Novik built her Temeraire world: https://mythcreants.com/blog/building-temeraire-how-novik-included-diversity-and-justice-in-a-historical-setting/

Fantasy Link 4/5/2020

Today's link is to a podcast on how disease is portrayed in speculative fiction: https://mythcreants.com/blog/269-disease-in-spec-fic/#more-30712

Fantasy Link 4/4/2020

Today's link is to an article that analyzes contrived legal conflicts in fantasy and science fiction: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-contrived-legal-conflicts-in-speculative-fiction/

New Harry Dresden Books Link 3/24/20

Today I share a link for the two new Harry Dresden books coming out this year, Peace Talks and Battleground. There is a book trailer: https://www.tor.com/2020/03/24/more-details-from-jim-butcher-and-priscilla-spencer-on-the-dresden-files-short-film-and-surprise-book-announcement/

Fantasy Link 3/22/20

Today's link is to a podcast on anthropomorphism and personification: https://mythcreants.com/blog/267-anthropomorphism-and-personification/#more-30533

Fantasy Link 3/21/20

Today's link is to a storytelling writing article that has suggestions for avoiding repetitive conflict: https://mythcreants.com/blog/six-tips-for-avoiding-repetitive-conflict/

Fantasy Link 3/20/20

Hello,

Welcome to our SFF real world right now with the pandemic. I wish every reader well in this time of stress and shelter at home. Take care.

Today's link is for an article on writing and how to record an audio version of your stories: https://mythcreants.com/blog/recording-an-audio-version-of-your-story/

Fantasy Link 3/16/20

Today's link is to an article on writing advice and books from author William Bernhardt: https://www.blackgate.com/2020/03/16/421517/#more-421517

Fantasy Links 3/14/20

Today I have two links for you. The first is to an article that analyzes five plot twists that are obvious: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-plot-twists-that-are-too-obvious/

The second is to an article on writing and storytelling that talks of eight ways to hook readers at the end of chapters: https://mythcreants.com/blog/eight-ways-to-hook-readers-at-the-end-of-chapters/

Fantasy Links 3/7/20

I'm sharing two links today on writing:

The first is an article on how to describe women characters without degrading them: https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-describe-women-without-degrading-them/

The second is an article about storytelling and questions to decide if you have an overpowered character: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-questions-to-diagnose-an-overpowered-hero/

Fantasy Links 2/29/20

Happy Leap Day!

Today has two links on storytelling and writing. The first is about four essential elements of character arcs: https://mythcreants.com/blog/the-four-essentials-of-an-effective-character-arc/

The second article is about using failure in your stories: https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-use-failure-in-your-story/

Fantasy Link 2/23/20

Today's link is to a podcast about trees in fantasy and science fiction: https://mythcreants.com/blog/263-trees-in-spec-fic/

Fantasy Link 2/22/20

Today's link is to an article on writing and storytelling about how to keep authorities out of your story: https://mythcreants.com/blog/ten-ways-to-keep-authorities-out-of-your-plot/

Fantasy Link 2/21/20

Today's post has two links to share:

The first is an article to the magazine Heroic Fantasy Quartly:   https://www.blackgate.com/2020/02/21/heroic-fantasy-quarterly-good-news-in-three-acts/#more-417841

The second is to a commentary article about the reason why male objectified characters doesn't hold up: https://mythcreants.com/blog/why-but-men-are-objectified-too-doesnt-hold-up/

Fantasy Link 2/17/20

Today's link is to an article about seven fantasy books told in multiple viewpoints: https://www.tor.com/2020/02/17/7-fantasies-told-across-multiple-points-of-view/

Fantasy Link 2/16/20

Today's link is to a podcast on describing characters: https://mythcreants.com/blog/262-describing-characters/

Fantasy Link 2/15/20

Today's link is to a writing article about the purple writing of the Witcher series and how to learn from it: https://mythcreants.com/blog/lessons-from-the-purple-writing-of-the-witcher/

Fantasy Link 2/9/20

Today's link is to a podcast about the fantasy television series "The Witcher": https://mythcreants.com/blog/261-the-witcher-tv-show/

Fantasy Links 2/8/20

Today's two links are about writing and storytelling. The first is about reactivity and proactivity for effect: https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-storytellers-use-reactivity-proactivity-for-effect/  and seven ways to improve your minions: https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-tricks-to-improve-your-minions/

Fantasy Link 2/2/20

Today's link is to a podcast about swamps, bogs, marshes and fens as setting in writing: https://mythcreants.com/blog/260-swamps-bogs-and-fens-oh-my/

Fantasy Link 2/1/20

Today's link is to an article that analyzes overpowered characters and how to fix the problem: https://mythcreants.com/blog/six-overpowered-characters-and-how-to-fix-them/

Fantasy Link 1/26/20

Today's link is to a podcast on turning points in stories and how to use them for better affect in your writing: https://mythcreants.com/blog/259-turning-points/

Fantasy Link 1/25/20

Today's link is to an article analyzing sexist themes in the new series "The Witcher": https://mythcreants.com/blog/eight-sexist-themes-from-the-witcher-tv-show/

Fantasy Link 1/20/20

Today's link is to an article on five books that have hope for humanity: https://www.tor.com/2020/01/20/5-books-that-leave-you-with-hope-for-humanity/

SF Link 1/19/20

Today's link is to a podcast on the the final Star Wars movies and why they weren't satisfying: https://mythcreants.com/blog/258-the-star-wars-sequel-trilogy/#more-29515

Fantasy Link 1/18/20

Today's link is to an article analyzing five stories where the heroes lack agency: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-stories-where-the-heroes-lack-agency/

Fantasy Link 1/17/20

Today's link is to an article on writing and storytelling on the differences between narrated and filmed stories: https://mythcreants.com/blog/six-important-differences-between-filmed-and-narrated-stories/

Fantasy Link 1/12/20

Today's link is for a podcast on writing story beginnings: https://mythcreants.com/blog/257-beginning-your-story/#more-29485

Fantasy Link 1/4/20

Today's link is to an article on the analysis of a character in the new Star Wars movie: https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-the-rise-of-skywalker-finally-made-kylo-ren-worth-redeeming/  I saw the movie today and loved it. The movie had a very satisfying ending to me. Thank you.