Xlibris Writing Tips| 3 Examples of Original Fantasy Settings
For decades, fantasy stories have had a tendency to take place in what some would call the Traditional Fantasy Setting. While variations and origins might vary, at their most basic, many fantasy stories revolve around a traditional formula of humans, elves, dwarves and maybe some other races, all living in a medieval, pseudo-European land. This […] READ MORE |
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Xlibris Writing Tips- 5 Tips for Writing Urban Fantasy Pt 2
Xlibris Publishing returns with 5 Tips for Writing Urban Fantasy. In the previous entry, we talked about the value of research and the key characteristic of an urban fantasy protagonist, Tips 1 and 2. We continue with: Tip #3- It takes a City A key aspect of Urban Fantasy is of course, the […] READ MORE |
Xlibris Writing Tips- 5 Tips for Writing Urban Fantasy
Xlibris Publishing shares 5 Tips for Writing Urban Fantasy. A fairly recent sub-genre, Urban Fantasy combines many elements of fiction to produce stories blending together the fantastic with the recognizable mundane. Neil Gaiman, Jim Butcher, and Kate Griffin are but some of the more recognizable names of the relatively young but still growing sub-genre. […] READ MORE |
Xlibris Writing Tips| 6 Resources for Writing About Myths
Wherever there are people there are stories, and the oldest of these stories have become myth and legend. Whether it is the Twelve Labors of Hercules from Greece, the tales of Coyote the Trickster in North America, or the adventures of Momotarō from Japan, myths have long been part of peoples’ cultural heritage and a […] READ MORE |
Xlibris Writing Tips| 6 Resources for Writing DinosaursIn a previous Writing Tips blog entry, Xlibris shared 6 Tips for Writing Dinosaurs. The first of those tips was “Do the Research,” the bread and butter for any writer. And there is a great deal of research needed if you want to write about dinosaurs in any capacity, whether fiction or nonfiction. Like any […] READ MORE |