Writer’s Corner has a good article on How to Find Interesting Words and Names for Your Fantasy Writing. The article covers the following points:
Keep a small notebook of interesting names and words
Maps are an excellent resource
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Foreign languages
Add a glossary to your novel
Hearing the words
Enhance your readers experience
Names of cities on old maps have […]
Filed under: Writing Tips, Fantasy, Creative Writing on January 19th, 2010 | 7 Comments »
A new edition of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series is being released in France with new cover art. Marc Simonetti is the artist. The four covers depict: Castle Black (A Game of Thrones), Tyrion and King’s Landing (A Clash of Kings), hunting the Stark children Bran and Rickon (A Storm […]
Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on December 16th, 2009 | No Comments »
According to westeros.org:
Filming on the Game of Thrones pilot has wrapped, according to VFX producer Julia Frey. So ends three weeks of shooting that took place in three different countries and involved a primary cast two dozen strong and more than a hundred extras.
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Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on November 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Lloyd Alexander was one of the first fantasy authors I can remember reading. Actually, the Prydain Cycle was the series that really got me hooked on the genre. I was in sixth grade and someone handed me The Book of Three (the first book in the series). I need to go back at some point […]
Filed under: Fantasy on November 17th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I started working on my novel again this week. It’s the first time I’ve written something new in months. I’m re-writing the first scene entirely, and this is what I have so far (always subject to change, of course):
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He knows the truth. Cobus held the parchment next to the flame on his desk, the red […]
Filed under: Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novel, Fantasy, Creative Writing on November 12th, 2009 | 9 Comments »
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Paperback: 784 pages
Publisher: Bantam (October 30, 2007), *hardcover edition published November of 2005
ISBN-10: 0553582038
I finally got around to finishing A Feast for Crows (AFFC). I had read about 700 pages of the 1,000 page saga months ago, anticipating the new book A Dance with Dragons (ADWD) would come […]
Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy, Book Reviews on September 28th, 2009 | 21 Comments »
“Fantasy Fanatics Take Medieval Make-Believe to Bill Schupp Park”
By Amy Nichol Smith
September 17, 2009
The Monitor
Bill Schupp Park in McAllen has become a battleground.
A warrior clutches his shield against his chest and lunges with his sword toward an enemy. His opponent, a besieged wizard, quickly casts a spell that freezes his nemesis in place – for […]
Filed under: Fantasy on September 19th, 2009 | No Comments »
The Other Lands (Acacia, Book 2) by David Anthony Durham
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Doubleday (September 15, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0385523327
Amazon.com Review Book Description:
The thrilling new installment in the ambitious Acacia trilogy, praised by the Washington Post as “gripping and sophisticated.”
A few years have passed since the conquering of the Mein, and Queen Corinn is firmly in control of […]
Filed under: Fantasy on September 17th, 2009 | No Comments »
1. What inspired you to write the story of Bran Hambric?
I was awake on the night of 3/3/03, thinking about a different story, when for some strange reason, the image of Bran Hambric and a banker sitting on a roof leapt into my mind. I knew they were waiting for a burglar, and I knew […]
Filed under: Author Interviews, Fantasy on September 1st, 2009 | No Comments »
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse by Kaleb Nation
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (September 2009)
ISBN-10: 1402218575
No gnomes. No mages. Etcetera. Such is the motto of the city of Dunce, a calm and peaceful city that takes great pride in ridding its streets of all forms of magic. Like any other city, it has a bank, and […]
Filed under: Fantasy, Book Reviews on August 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments »
