Where did everybody go? Traffic to the site dropped by almost half exactly last week. I’m pretty sure it’s related to the expiration of the kameronmf.com domain, which happened back on April 10th. Hopefully, folks will find their way back. I know I’ll still be here. I really enjoy blogging. It helps me sort through [...]

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Magic is a mainstay–some might even argue a defining characteristic–of fantasy fiction. A writer determines whether magic follows a system of rules or leaves it mysterious and unexplained when building the world the story is set in. That is only the first step of using magic in fantasy fiction, however. The writer then needs to [...]

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One result of the expanded role for Lady Temmere in “Relvan’s Rescue” was my decision to begin the story a few scenes “later” than where I originally started it. Where to start your fantasy fiction story is both an important and difficult decision to make. You only get one chance to hook the reader, to [...]

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Posting old fantasy fiction can be an exercise in humility for a writer. I often cringe as I read through previous versions of stories from early in my “career”. If I can see an improvement in craft, however, it makes the embarrassment easier to bear. You’ve had a chance to read the opening scene from [...]

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A common praise I hear of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice series is its “realism.” Take this recent comment from a mailing list I subscribe to: By real, I mean that there is no good or evil, everyone has a motive for his or her actions…. That isn’t realism, that’s [...]

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