Dragonfly by Marian Allen I’m enjoying my brief holiday. I sit on the creek bank watching the fairy-winged insects Gramma called “snake doctors” and think about Hank. He used to like it when I talked to people we didn’t know. He called me “gregarious” and…

Here’s the second half of Floyd Hyatt’s post on Complexity in the Novel. Some of the more important aspects (to Fantasy world builds) are: A consistent magical system, if used. Again, like in a game, the strength, movement ability, advantages and limitations of any piece…

I was away from the internet all day yesterday, so I’m catching up today, but I had to share this with you. My pal Red Tash has just finished edits on her upcoming book, This Brilliant Darkness. She was in a writers’ retreat with me…