April 6, 2019
Cats, owls, rats, and various other creatures have appeared in novels and stories as magical companions. You might even slide spirit animals under this definition, for the sake of fantasy worldbuilding.
Tag: fiction
April 5, 2019
With the advance of technology, it’s easy to feel a disconnect from the natural world. In some ways, that can make the natural elements seem more mystical.
April 4, 2019
Let’s take a few minutes and talk about magical creatures! Just because you have mythological creatures in your story world doesn’t mean that they have to be magical. Additionally, we’ll discuss the concept of magical companion animals in a couple days.
April 3, 2019
Visiting for the first time? Make sure to read the introduction to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding Magic Systems! The Power of Words Fantasy and mythology is full of examples of different types of curses, and indeed, a world with magic almost always has the challenge of a curse that must be broken or prevented. Sleeping…
April 2, 2019
Visiting for the first time? Make sure to read the introduction to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding Magic Systems! If You Just Believe… There is power in belief. When you know something as Truth, even if it doesn’t resonate for anyone else, it changes your world. When something requires belief, though, it can quickly overlap with…
April 1, 2019
Visiting for the first time? Make sure to read the introduction to the A-Zs of Worldbuilding Magic Systems! Magic in the Air If your world doesn’t have some sort of magic in it, it wouldn’t be fantasy, even if it’s subtle and almost invisible. Calling a work ‘fantasy’ means that something unexplainable is different from…
June 9, 2017
This was originally posted on blackanddarknight.wordpress.com on September 9, 2011. This was written for one of the rounds of (sadly now defunct) Writer’s Platform Building Campaign. There were challenges issued throughout the campaign, and the prompts for this particular one were to begin the story with “The door swung open” and to end with “The…
March 17, 2017
It’s been a while since I last blogged, and I’m sooo sorry, guys! Other than sharing things from the Rabid Rainbow Ferret Society, I think my last actual post here was back at the end of NaNo. Oops. I just haven’t had the mental energy to do so, and the one time I did (sometime…
April 5, 2016
Disclaimer: The Federal Trade Commission requires me to inform you that I received a free Advance Reader Copy of Coexist from Anna Tan in exchange for an honest review of this excellent, well-written, fairy-tale retelling novella.
December 11, 2015
This was originally posted by me at blackanddarknight.wordpress.com on July 31, 2012.
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