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HAPPY HALLOWEEN
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Five of My Favorite Horror Tropes to Darken Your Fantasy
All Hallows’ Eve is nigh. Outside the graveyard is alight. The cauldrons bubble. The spirits grow restless with excitement. I sit huddled in my writer’s corner, swishing red wine in a glass lined with black bones, and I can think of nothing more appropriate than to speculate upon that which brings horror into our magical…
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Literary: Foreshadowing…
I am a plot-predictor, and I am shameless about it, so much so that I regularly ruin movies for my husband and get unfairly accused of having pre-watched. There’s something absolutely addicting about finding and following the little trail of bread crumbs a writer leaves for the audience to find, but nothing – absolutely NOTHING…
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What’s on Tab: Fantasy to Die For
With all its political turmoil and dragons and unruly magic, the world of fantasy always dances precariously with death at every page. And gods know we as fantasy writers, especially those of us who lean toward the dark and brutal, so do love killing off characters in the absolute worst and most creative ways. But…
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Rhetoric: The Art of Repetition
Sometimes I think we as writers get so focused on the “who”, “what”, “where”, and “why” of story developing that we sometimes push aside the “how.” While telling a story with interesting characters and a well developed plot is awesome, telling it artfully is even better. How we tell a story affects its tone and…
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