For a while, there seems to be have been some flack flying around claiming that Geralt is a direct clone of Elric. I’ve not paid it much mind, personally. I have been a long standing fan of Moorcock’s Eternal Champion books. I only got into the Witcher after watching the Netflix show, then buying WitcherContinue reading “Elric of Melniboné ≠ Geralt of Rivia”
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Scare the Cat
Blake Snyder’s story beats have proved useful to me in the past in helping me structure a longer piece of fiction. In my current work in progress, I’m using them to structure a thriller of sorts. But I have been writing horror on the side too. Snyder’s structure doesn’t quite work for horror though. NotContinue reading “Scare the Cat”
The Lies We Writers Tell Ourselves
Tale Foundry released the second in a new series of writing tips a few days ago while I was being rained on in Northumbria. Having watched it, the Tale Foundry group hits on several lies that have snuck into my thinking in the past What do you think of this video? Anything they should haveContinue reading “The Lies We Writers Tell Ourselves”
5 Games from Fantasy Stories
Pages Below the Vaulted Sky asks an interesting question: Where are the sports in our fondest fantasy stories? It took me a while, and some prompting from others to compile a list of 9 games or recreations played in books I had read… So the following list does draw on a diverse array of fantasyContinue reading “5 Games from Fantasy Stories”
My Autumn/Winter Reading List
Okay, I know that is a mad pile of books. The first three books in the Wheel of Time series is nearly 3000 pages altogether. The rest of the Mistborn trilogy won’t take me long – though I may be knackered for work because I couldn’t put them down. The rest of the Darkblade booksContinue reading “My Autumn/Winter Reading List”
Would You Rather?
Would you Rather? It is a staple of blogs and Youtube channels everywhere and who am I to disagree or try and be different? The problems with this is that there are no one set of questions. And some of those questions are… YAWNsome. However, Cam from Wolfshot Publishing has come up with a greatContinue reading “Would You Rather?”
I forgot to add Basil!
I saw this today and, having just finished the first draft of a children’s horror novella, it did make me smile. I miss every single criterion from this graphic: my hero is very flawed, this journey is less than heroic, my antagonist isn’t ruthless – well, not totally amoral, and I apparently forgot to includeContinue reading “I forgot to add Basil!”
Sending forth tendrils into the great void…
The slithering arm caused the light around it to ripple as, like a rope of silk and slime, it bent time and space itself and embedded the rounded tip into the girl’s ear. A agonised scream filled the air. But there was no-one there to hear her brain as it was infected with an erraticContinue reading “Sending forth tendrils into the great void…”
Imagine Erratically 