Does he kiss with elven, Elfish or Elfin skill?
What distracts when writing about a sexy elf who kisses your socks off: Is his skill Elfish or elven or elfin? Read more…
The sounds of Urban Fantasy
Do swords make sounds when there is no Urban Fantasy reader near to hear them? Read more…
Sweep in Peace is coming
If you enjoy Urban Fantasy with verbal sass and quirky magic, check out the Innkeeper Series. It looks like book 2 is coming soon. Read more…
It’s raining men and Urban Fantasy, halleluja
So much going on: Book 2 of Rule of Thorns almost done and book 1 rewritten. With some mom-yoga-moments thrown in. Read more…
Character Agency and what else to learn from Dragon Age as a writer
If you love games and fantasy books, read Chuck Wendig’s post: “Dragon Age Inquisition. A writer’s perspective”. Chuck’s current (or maybe all-time) bone to pick is character agency. In this and follow-up posts, he had a lot of very interesting things to say about agency which aren’t just interesting to writers. Also interesting how he takes apart a whole game from a writer’s and a player’s perspective. Also check out his other recent post on character agency, looking at female characters, HOW “STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS” STILL END UP WEAK AND POWERLESS (OR, “DO THEY PASS THE ACTION FIGURE TEST?”). It’s especially Read more…
Reading live from Staub und Aether in Secondlife
The lovely Kueperpunk made it possible: Anja Bagus and I are reading LIVE from our stories on Valentine’s Day. You can tune in from wherever you are, because the reading will be held inside Secondlife, at Kueper’s author hub Brennende Buchstaben. :-) I’m sooo excited! squeee :-) I’ve been to past readings at Brennende Buchstaben and was always blown away by the attention to detail these guys invest, be it creating a unique set for every reading, fitting to the book’s theme. Some very creative stuff! Or Kueper helping out the author reading parts of the book — and he has Read more…
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