Title: A Hill On Which To Die Genre: Epic Fantasy Word Count: Word Count: 15,000 Writing Time: About a month IT IS FINISHED. Ugh, this story took forever. What started as a short story soon turned into a novelette, and then that novelette got longer and longer … and then life got crazy busy, and… Continue reading Short Blitz #6: A Hill On Which To Die
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The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend by David Gemmell
Before Dros Delnoch, before Skeln Pass, before the Legend there was a seventeen year old woodsman and his young bride Rowena. They lived a happy, simple life until slavers attacked their village and carried her away. But Druss would stop at nothing to save her. With the demon-cursed blade Snaga, he crossed oceans and continents,… Continue reading The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend by David Gemmell
Trope Tuesday: A Man is Not a Virgin
I’m back from vacation, but I’m going to take a break from the Hero’s Journey trope posts to talk about something that I really feel passionate about. I hope you’ll forgive me if this turns into a rant, but I think this is an important issue that has some very dangerous implications that need to… Continue reading Trope Tuesday: A Man is Not a Virgin
Trope Tuesday: Abduction is Love
In real life, abduction is an awful, violent thing that we hope would never happen to us or anyone we know. But in fiction, the Rule of Romantic can make abduction the basis of a wonderful, heartwarming love story…at least for some of us. This is actually a more common trope than you might think.… Continue reading Trope Tuesday: Abduction is Love