Fantasy Link 9/5/21

 Today's link is to a writing article on adding evocative language: https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-make-description-evocative/

Fantasy Link 8/15/21

 Today's link is to a podcast about subplots in writing: https://mythcreants.com/blog/340-subplots/#more-38748

TV News 8/4/21

 Here's some great news for fans of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books. They have been optioned to be turned into a tv series. Read details here: https://www.tor.com/2021/08/03/wheel-of-times-producer-wants-to-adapt-

Awakening from Pandemic Hibernation

 I know it has been a long time since posting on this blog. November of 2020 was the last time. During that time, many things were happening. I work at a high school so spent a lot of time with students online for distance learning. The hours of online Zooming left me drained. Also, I devoted more of my time to catching up on reading and working on my fiction writing.

Even though the pandemic is still ongoing, I believe that it’s time to get back and devote some time to this blog. I’m going to try to get back to it on a regular basis.

So, I’m back! Thank you for your patience in waiting. I hope all you readers come back.

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