Is it grimdark? Reader tastes have drifted toward a kind of gritty realism. Heroes are somewhat evil and villains are decent people,...

While perusing The A to Z of Fantasy Literature today my eyes came to rest on an entry for "The Moon." My own stories are set in a world...

Ursula Le Guin introduced me to fantasy when I was a third grader (back in 1975). Ged the Archmage amazed me and the world he inhabited...

In Part 1, we looked at an example using The Great Gatsby to demonstrate how much more captivating prose is when it "shows" us things...

Renni Browne and Dave King ( Self-Editing for Fiction Writers ) hilariously rewrite the beginning of The Great Gatsby , as if F. Scott...