Tag: fantasy
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Movie Review: Amazon’s Cinderella
If there’s one fairy tale that’s been done to death, it’s Cinderella. So, when Amazon announced their new pop musical version of the story, I wasn’t super excited. Through the grapevine I’d heard rumor that it wasn’t all that good, but I was intrigued. Armed with a bowl of popcorn and my favorite snarky movie…
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Interview with Kenny B. Smith
There are authors, there are editors, there are mentors, and then there’s Kenny – a snarktastic bundle of the three, plus a good friend of mine. It’s a pleasure to bring her to the blog today and share more about her journey and what makes her tick. Kenny and I have bounced around various writing…
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Book Review: Mort, by Terry Pratchett
While I try my best to branch out and read new authors as often as I can, sometimes it’s important to pick up a bit of indulgence reading. Terry Pratchett is one of my very favorites. His books are the equivalent of Cheetos and Jelly Bellies, intensely flavorful and full of surprises. Mort is no…
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Book Review: Heroes of the Valley, by Jonathan Stroud
It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time for a book review. I listened to the audiobook of Heroes of the Valley at the end of 2018, right smack at the same time I was preparing for the launch of my book. It was a great distraction for all those times I…
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Meet the Cast: Mirelle Pathara
Mother to Katira, the main character in Stonebearer’s Betrayal, and companion to Jarand, Mirelle is both a nurturer and councilor. In sticky situations, she is the one most likely to stay rational and calm and keep the other characters from making rash decisions. This works well because both Katira and Jarand both tend to let…
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Influences of Podcasting with Daniel Swenson
Today, friend and fellow ginger Daniel Swenson comes on the blog to talk about his most influencial podcast guest in the ten years he has run the Dungeon Crawler Radio podcast. Daniel and I met through our connections in the Utah writing community and have plenty in common, including a passion for fantasy fiction, a love of…
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Book of the Month: Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
It can be dangerous picking books from a list and hoping that they live up to the hype. The Night Circus has appeared over and over on book lover Pinterest boards so I decided it would be worth seeing what the big deal was about. I’m glad to say that this is a book that…
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Writing Fantasy Profanity
It’s writer Wednesday and today we are going to delve into the risque topic of fantasy profanity. Well, ok, it’s not all that risque. In fact, the reason many people like fantasy novels is that there is rarely ever any swearing. Instead, we enter the world of alternate swearing. In a fantasy world there are…
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Writing Update February 2015
The last six months have been a strange mix of writing for fun and writing that feels like work. I sold my first piece of short fiction BREATH, which led to several weeks spent in working with a professional editor. By the way, if you ever want to know the truth about what your writing…
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TV Talk: Once Upon a Time
Because I write in speculative and fantasy it would seem like watching Once Upon a Time would be an obvious choice. It is loaded with magic, which I love, and fairy tale characters, which I have a love/hate relationship with. However, the small snippets I have seen haven’t yet appealed to me mainly because it…