Tag: fantasy
group name: allthingswritten
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March 12, 2008 10:54 PM EDT --
Since I was a young boy, first exposed to the works of Tolkein and other high fantasy authors, I found myself confronted by a philosophical conundrum. I wondered at the motivations of . . . more
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January 25, 2007 04:34 PM EST --
[ I hesitate to post this story. It deals with themes that some may find rather dark, though I never intended them to be. They work well enough in the academic privacy of my study but may take . . . more
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January 25, 2007 12:06 AM EST --
[ It was pointed out to me that the original title of this was misleading and may have put off the sort of critiquing writers I had tried to solicit. So here it is reposted and retitled. I promise that . . . more
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July 19, 2007 11:49 AM EDT --
Again, from my fantasy drills collection. Something a bit different.
Epic of the Black Salt Hills
We watched behind the fortress wall,
built from stone and wood.
A hundred years . . . more
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June 15, 2007 01:37 AM EDT --
Consciousness returned to the fallen warrior one sense at a time. First the acrid scent of smoke and steel assaulted her nostrils, making them twitch slightly. The coppery taste of her own bloody mouth . . . more
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June 15, 2007 08:21 PM EDT --
(Part one is here)
The unlikely trio picked their way through the treeline, the tall pines rising up to meet the night sky like sentinels on a stoic watch.
They spoke little at first, as . . . more
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January 27, 2007 06:14 PM EST --
Orson Scott Card's latest novel, Empire, is thoroughly different from his usual sci-fi/fantasy novels. Empire was filed under science fiction in the library, but it's actually set in a fairly . . . more
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October 04, 2007 02:36 PM EDT --
Have you ever seen a lion in heat? He is a study in obsession. If he senses a lioness is in season he will ignore even the basics of life until he has had her. Sleeping, eating - none of it matters.
The . . . more
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January 04, 2007 12:05 PM EST --
Atlantis Waits
Beneath the salty waves, I lie
My home a ruin, my life a sigh.
Currents change and currents flow
Yet here I lie deep down below.
Once I dreamed of love and light
Now I'm . . . more
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March 02, 2007 04:26 AM EST --
Later, when sorting through my memories in an attempt isolate the truth, three facts remain with me: Michael was standing at the gate. I shook his hand. And it was definitely Monday.
First, a little history. . . . more
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July 17, 2008 07:03 PM EDT --
This review can also be found in The Mixed Bag Review
Have you ever constructed a jigsaw puzzle? This is much the way I felt as I made my way through A.F. Stewart's collection . . . more
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July 14, 2007 05:35 AM EDT --
“I’m sorry; the music is so loud! What did you say you did again?” The young man with brown eyes asked of one of the three girls that was paying him far too much attention. . . . more
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January 18, 2007 06:16 AM EST --
A long, long time ago, in a place far, far away, there was a kingdom.
In the centre of the land were tall mountains where people mined for gold and silver and precious stones. Beyond these . . . more
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July 14, 2007 08:12 PM EDT --
Jay eyed Amy as she shifted the gear into park. The Beast moaned and wailed. The shaft itself and it’s innards creaked before the ignition was turned off. Amy . . . more
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January 31, 2008 02:11 PM EST --
Writing to Activate the Readers Imagination
By
Theresa Chaze
Although novels are written in two dimensional black and white, the story actually happens in the four dimensional realms of the reader's . . . more
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March 19, 2007 11:35 PM EDT --
A silver sleigh I left behind
In the snowdrifts of my mind
When I was younger I would go
In an enchanted world of snow
In my silver sleigh I'd see
Exotic worlds of fantasy
Frost giants, an ice . . . more
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December 08, 2007 05:08 PM EST --
Turning swiftly in alarm, he came face to face with the one thing he had feared. The Others. They had found him again. The High One's minions were becoming more bold . . . more
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January 22, 2007 08:36 AM EST --
I saw the trailer for the new Spiderman 3, and this time around, Sandman, Venom, and Hobgoblin make their debut appearance. Looks like Spidy is going to have his work cut out for him. Well, . . . more
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February 02, 2008 01:23 AM EST --
Writing Tip: Know Your Characters
by
Theresa Chaze
As simplistic as it may sound, it is also a basic fact of writing--the author needs to know their characters from the inside out. They have . . . more
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November 21, 2007 04:54 PM EST --
Cheyenne and Celeste came to Coyote Springs to save a child; instead, Cheyenne found a home. With the help of their new friend, Jane, they created a spiritual sanctuary. But when Celeste stopped . . . more
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