Heroes, Action, & Adventure!
I’m E.M. Linden, a sci-fi/fantasy writer that loves to tell stories about epic heroes and action-packed adventures. This is your home for reading my web fiction and keeping up with my various projects.
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What Software I Use for My Writing Projects
Read more: What Software I Use for My Writing ProjectsIntro There’s lots of writing software out there, some free, some paid for, and some that are somewhere in between. Some are packed with a million different features that can help you super customize your workflow and let you have everything you need all in one place, while others are more simple and less finicky,…
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May 2024 Book Recommendation: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Read more: May 2024 Book Recommendation: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiIntro If you’re at all familiar with popular YA fantasy, you’ve probably heard of Children of Blood and Bone. And trust me, the hype is worth it. Packed with action, magic, and a strong heroine, it’s pretty much a must-read for lovers of YA fantasy. So let’s dive into it, shall we? Children of Blood…
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How I Name My Characters
Read more: How I Name My CharactersIntro As I mentioned in last month’s How I Create My Characters post, the name is usually one of the first things I come up with when I make a new character. I come up with the basic character concept and personality that I’m going for, and then I either find or make up a…
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Apr 2024 Book Recommendation: Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Read more: Apr 2024 Book Recommendation: Eragon by Christopher PaoliniIntro I love fantasy of all sorts but, in my opinion, there’s nothing better than high fantasy. The quests and dragons and elves and sword fights type of high fantasy, to be exact. And, weirdly enough, I haven’t had much luck finding YA fantasy that includes those classic tropes. Maybe it’s widely considered to be…
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How I Create My Characters
Read more: How I Create My CharactersIntro Characters are the reason why I write. I come up with an awesome character and want to tell their story, and then the rest of the process starts from there. It always starts with the characters. Obviously, not every fiction writer starts their process like this, but that’s how it’s always been for me,…
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Mar 2024 Book Recommendation: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Read more: Mar 2024 Book Recommendation: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa TahirIf you’re a regular reader of book blogs or viewer of bookstagram or booktok posts, this probably isn’t the first time you’ve heard of an Ember in the Ashes. It’s easily one of the most popular YA fantasy series of the 2010s. Despite this, I actually only started to read it a couple of years…
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My Writing Process
Read more: My Writing ProcessIntro Happy March, and welcome to this month’s writing post! This time, I’m going to be talking about my personal writing process. And I’ll emphasize the my personal part, too; everyone works differently, and this is one of those things where there really is no one-size-fits-all method. So, if you’re here hoping to get ideas…
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Feb 2024 Book Recommendation: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Read more: Feb 2024 Book Recommendation: Cinder by Marissa MeyerI’m going to go right out and say it: The Lunar Chronicles is probably one of my favorite series of all time, even years after reading it for the first time. It’s packed with action, humor, drama, and romance, and the whole cast of characters—and it gets to be a pretty big cast, after a…
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Flash Fiction: Technical Difficulties
Read more: Flash Fiction: Technical DifficultiesIntro Today, we’ve got a new fantasy flash fiction, written by yours truly. This was so much fun to write, and I’m excited to share it with you. So, if you’re in for a short little fantasy battle featuring an orc inventor with a giant gun saving a fey warrior, read on! Technical Difficulties by…
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Jan 2024 Book Recommendation: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Read more: Jan 2024 Book Recommendation: Steelheart by Brandon SandersonHello, and welcome to our first ever book recommendations article! From here on out, one of these will be posted on the blog every month, each featuring a book chosen by yours truly. Some of these titles will be very well-known current bestsellers, while others might be a bit more obscure or a little less…
