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Tag Archives: Silk Road fantasy
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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Endless Sky: Ramblings on the Caravan Road 2
I think the first time I drove out west was the summer I was five. I, obviously, was not driving, but plunked in the back seat with my little sisters and a colouring book and some old physiology exams to … Continue reading
Posted in Blackdog, Dispatches from the desk, Gods of Nabban, Marakand, Moth, Ramblings on the Caravan Road, The Caravan Road, The Lady, The Leopard, Writing
Tagged BBC, Blackdog, Central Asian Republics, epic fantasy, fantasy, fantasy novels, landscape, Marakand, mountains, natural history, prairie, Raymond Swanland, Realms of the Russian Bear, Russia, Silk Road fantasy, Soviet Union, steppe, The Lady, The Leopard, world-building, writing
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The Birth of the Caravan Road: Ramblings on the Caravan Road 1
Hwaet! I’m starting a series of eight or so blog posts (which may appear somewhat erratically). This here is the first of them. Each is going to take a question of the sort that people seem to want to ask … Continue reading
Posted in Blackdog, Dispatches from the desk, Ramblings on the Caravan Road, The Caravan Road, Writing
Tagged demons, diverse characters, dogs, epic fantasy, fantasy, fantasy novel, goddesses, gods, heroic fantasy, possession, shapeshifters, Silk Road fantasy, world-building, writing process
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Standalone or Series? Where does Gods of Nabban fit?
Sooooo . . . is Gods of Nabban a standalone or fourth in a series? Enquiring minds want to know. Well . . . Next question? Okay, okay, I’ll answer that one. People have been asking about that ever since … Continue reading
Posted in Blackdog, Gods of Nabban, Marakand, Moth, The Lady, The Leopard, Writing
Tagged caravan road, epic fantasy, fantasy, Gods of Nabban, heroic fantasy, reading order, series, silk road, Silk Road fantasy, standalone, sword and sorcery
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First Chapter of The Lady is Online …
Today is the launch day for The Lady, the second half of Marakand, continuing the story where The Leopard left off. My publisher, Pyr, has given permission to the Civilian Reader book blog to post an extract of it — … Continue reading
Posted in Marakand, News, The Lady, The Leopard
Tagged Civilian Reader, epic fantasy, First Chapter, Free Excerpt, Free Sample, Marakand, Pyr, Silk Road fantasy, The Lady, The Leopard
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