My trip to Barsoom

Filed under Reviews on September 21, 2009
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I owe a large part of my love for fantasy fiction to my parents’ bookshelves, upon which were stacked the works of Brooks, Eddings, Lewis, McCaffrey, Tolkien, and others. There was a mix of science fiction as well, but I shied away from the likes of Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. (I did read Chalker’s Rings [...]

Heroic Fantasy Quarterly publishes first issue

Filed under Market Report on August 25, 2009
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I think I’ve found the next market I will submit “Relvan’s Rescue” to, barring acceptance from Black Gate. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, an ezine that began accepting submissions back in February of this year, published their first issue at the end of June. (I just heard about it last week via Grasping for the Wind.) HFQ [...]

Fire and prophecy

Filed under Fiction on August 21, 2009
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The orange light of the campfire glinted off the spear tips thrust in our faces. I held my hands up to show I posed no threat.
“We are arrows in the dark,” Pelban said. I saw him hold up his silver pin from the corner of my eye. The sharp metal point inches from my forehead [...]

Training my inner editor

Filed under Writing Journal on August 18, 2009
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I am not a prolific writer. I like to attribute this to my struggle to maintain a regular schedule of writing, and that once I establish a habit, my productivity will increase exponentially. There is some truth to this assessment, but it is only a part of my problem. I need to train my inner [...]

Power levels fluctuating

Filed under Tips & Tools on July 28, 2009
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I recently watched disc 1 of Justice League animated series’ first season. I’ve been a fan of Bruce Timm’s other DC universe productions, but found myself sorely disappointed in this particular endeavor for one reason alone: lazy writing.
How do I know the writers were lazy? Because they committed a cardinal sin of comic book writing. [...]