Oh, the stories waiting to be told… 28 magical paths begging to be walked, keeping in mind a quote from J. R. R. Tolkien: “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going…Continue readingMagical paths
Kids’s books that is These books were all published in 1964, an amazing year for children’s books, says Scarlet Neath in Bustle. The ’60s in general are seen as the…Continue readingKids turning 50
1. There are times that I have sat and watched words which *I am typing* appear on the screen in front of my eyes… and not recognized them. That’s how…Continue readingAn author confesses
Science in fantasy novels is more accurate than in science fiction, Annalee Newitz postulates at io9. (See link below.) Image by Todd Lockwood from the cover of Marie Brennan’s Voyage…Continue readingFantasy, the new science?
Maria Popova has assembled famous definitions of love from 400 years of literary history in a Brain Pickings article just in time for Valentine’s Day. They range from the profoundly…Continue readingDo you know what love is?
When I wrote my signature novel, The Secrets of Jin-shei, I considered it a fantasy. It’s roots lie in the world of Imperial China and the secret language of women…Continue readingJust what is alternate history?
“If the issues your story deals with are non-fantasy issues, why bring the fantasy in at all?” asks Pat Bowne in an article at The Royal Academy at Osyth Blog.…Continue readingIs Fantasy Necessary?
Send to Kindle I’m not sure if this was something that is hard-wired in us or if it is something that we have acquired along the evolutionary path but we…Continue readingBack Door into Magic