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Intro If you’re at all familiar with the online fantasy book community, you’ve almost certainly heard of Travis Baldree’s Legends & Lattes. It’s the book that kicked off the 2020s cozy fantasy craze—and, once you’ve read it, it isn’t hard to see why. It takes all the magic and fun of fantasy and puts it…
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Intro If you’re a fantasy reader—or even a reader of certain types of sci-fi—you probably know that fictional religions are very common. Which makes sense, considering that religion has been an extremely important part of a lot of real people’s lives for a very long time; it’s only natural that writers want to create something…
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Intro Although I’ve only started reading her books in the last few years, Axie Oh is quickly becoming one of my favorite YA authors. Her fantasy books—such as The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea—are largely based on Korean fairy tales and folklore, which is always refreshing in a genre flooded with European-based worlds. That,…
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Intro If you’ve read my books—or even just the books I’ve recommended here on the blog—you probably know that I’ve got a thing for classic fantasy creatures. Elves, dwarves, orcs, and dragons are all awesome—which is why it’s always sad to me whenever I see other fantasy authors and readers ripping on them. (I mean,…
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The Sword Golem, the twelfth book of the Rise of the Oathsworn series—and the second installment of the Grasping Shadows storyline—is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! In this 35,000 word fantasy story, Xier and Ruthana continue their quest to unravel the mysteries of Aldorn and his associates. But, when their mission brings them…
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With summer in full swing, I thought it was a great time to do another piece of seasonal art. So I present to you…beach Xier and Ruthana. Frost giant problems. Xier wasn’t originally going to be saying anything, but then his expression turned out looking more appalled than I intended, so I just rolled with…
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Intro Percy Jackson and the Olympians—which The Lightning Thief is the first book of—is easily one of the most beloved middle-grade series out there. And, with the ongoing TV series, it’s only gotten even more mainstream over the last few years. So, if you haven’t read it yet, now is a great time to get…
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Intro Power levels are something that not every genre has to deal with but, if you’re writing sci-fi, fantasy, or superhero, it may be one of the trickiest things you’re going to have to tackle. For those of you who don’t know what I mean by “power levels”, I’ll explain. In many sci-fi, fantasy, and…
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Intro I’ve read a lot of really great fantasy series—I mean, a lot. Series with meticulous worldbuilding, beautiful writing styles, shocking twists, on and on. But, strangely, none of those series are the one that comes to mind when you ask me what the perfect fantasy series is. The Icewind Dale Trilogy—which The Crystal Shard…
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Intro If you write fantasy or sci-fi, you’re likely going to find yourself dealing with characters who speak languages that don’t exist in the real world. Maybe there are going to be aliens or orcs or even just regular old humans who, for one reason or another, don’t speak a regular Earth language. Which means…
