Willpower, Timing, and a Return to Strange Highways

Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! Writing a novel is often a question of timing and willpower. I’m at that cross-roads right now. I’ve been putting together the collage of pieces and the opening is taking firmer shape with later chronology tightening. I’m beginning to do pieces of connective writing and elaboration. My pre-story …

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Why I Write Fantasy: Inspirations – the Music of Fantasy, Part 1: Ronnie James Dio

I’ve done a fair bit about morality in fantasy recently, and though I have at least another three meditations on that theme, I think it’s time for a break. Let’s get back to the origins of why I write fantasy. I’ve written a few columns on my literary influences, but I have been led to …

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