Last night, I invited best-selling fantasy and historical fiction author Christian Cameron (Miles Cameron to his epic fantasy …
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Last night, I invited best-selling fantasy and historical fiction author Christian Cameron (Miles Cameron to his epic fantasy …
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When I gave my lecture on "Why Storytelling May Be the Most Important Thing You Do With Your Life" at Doxamoot earlier this year, …
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Book 5 of my Raven Son series is a plunge into regions we have not yet explored in the series, particularly the land of the dead …
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Katherine Bolger Hyde is one of my heroes. When I just started to get serious about my writing, she was a helper and a mentor. …
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In my latest video book review/cultural rant, I consider an odd shift going on in popular culture. We're not longer telling the …
Last week I restarted my Q&A series with authors both traditionally and independently published. My guest was the author of a …
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As I've written about extensively in my Writer's Manifesto, I strongly believe that literature of the imagination (my preferred …
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One question I get a lot from you readers is whether or not there is a collection of myths, monsters, and stories from Russian …
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Someone once said that there are only two stories in the world, really. The first is "everyman goes on an adventure and comes back …
Recently I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Adrian Tchaikovsky, an eminent fantasy/ sci-fi writer, had written a sequel …
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Once a year, I have the privilege of taking part in a concert series in Pennsylvania that is fast becoming a high point in my …
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Secondary Belief Part of what makes good fantasy great is effective world-building. The ability to suggest a realistic world, …
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Yes, I said it. I was surprised I said it. But there are some cases when the movie is actually better than the book. It's rare, …
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It's been a while since I've posted anything about Russian culture or history on my blog. There have been lots of good reasons for …
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You know we all love them--those fantasy books we read as kids. Those fairy tales that stuck with us all day and kept us up at …
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So a few weeks ago, I did a wonderful podcast recording with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, who has just started a new Tolkien …
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Game of Thrones fever is getting bad again, just months before the last seasons airs. While I'm ambivalent about the series …
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Does it surprise you that one of the most popular and critically acclaimed books of the last few years is a straight-up retelling …
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