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Enter an Assassin: Ramblings on the Caravan Road 3
Ahjvar came into the Marakand story as a catalyst for disaster, the assassin who kills the Lady, or the Voice of the Lady (when I first conceived the story I hadn’t quite settled on how the Lady and the Voice … Continue reading
Posted in Dispatches from the desk, Gods of Nabban, Marakand, Ramblings on the Caravan Road, The Caravan Road, The Lady, The Leopard, Writing
Tagged apotheosis, bisexuality, character development, epic fantasy, fantasy novels, Gods of Nabban, LGBTQ, partnerships, Pyr, Raymond Swanland, same-sex relationships, Silk Road fantasy, The Lady, The Leopard, world-building, writing, writing process
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Marakand: The Leopard – Epic Fantasy or Sword and Sorcery, Part Two: Let’s call it Character-Driven Epic Fantasy?
I write out of a character in a situation; that’s nearly always the starting point, and if the character isn’t working, the story dies. I can’t seem to say, ‘This is the world and this is the plot,’ create the … Continue reading
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Tagged assassins, Blackdog, books, character development, epic fantasy, fantasy novels, Marakand, outlines, Pyr, sword and sorcery, The Leopard, writing, writing process
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Dispatches from the Desk: We shall meet at Philippi. No, wait, not there …
“Only once that skeleton-map-outline is made am I going to let myself make the file and start writing, even though the first chapter has been in my head for something like two years now.” It was about a month ago … Continue reading
From the Wild Forest - Thoughts on a Writing Life 