Sentences with phrase «fantasy writers»

I am a twenty - one year old aspiring fantasy writer who enjoys watching anime, cartoons, all kinds of movies, video games and video game music and certain sports.

The stories got some good reviews, and figured I was a dark fantasy writer as well as a heroic fantasy one — until my reviewers kept saying they liked my innovative horror stories.

As noted, two other urban fantasy writers all with their own spins on the endlessly workable genre.

What advice do you have for other fantasy writers about creating their worlds?

This article gives inexperienced fantasy writers some ideas about how to get started writing about their fantasy worlds.

There's a lot of science fiction and fantasy writers over there.

The setting and its inhabitants should make sense to the reader and this guide has been prepared for would - be fantasy writers who want to create a place they can call their own.

I found myself in a new community of horror and dark fantasy writers, and found that there were very few promotional avenues for us at the time.

However, most of the other fantasy writers were male.

The game's narrative moves at a good pace, and it features some fairly robust lore courtesy of fantasy writer Ed Greenwood.

I'm thinking of going with a very different surname, probably from my family tree, but keeping my Initials (as fantasy writers often publish with initials and surnames).

Summary: Mercedes Lackey is one of the best fantasy writers out there.

J.R.R. Tolkien belongs on any must - read list for fantasy writers, whether you like his kind of thing or not; the success of «The Lord of the Rings» led directly to the founding of the modern fantasy genre as a separate category, and anything that seminal belongs on this sort of list.

A romance written by an urban fantasy writer with a plot conflict that is so cliche, I can't handle it.

The story itself is inspired by great fantasy writers like J.R.R. Tolkien and George R.R. Martin, and will feature player choices that effect how the outcome of the game pans out.

Having read Valley of Embers, Kelliher strikes me as one of the few with the potential to rise to the top; and while it's evident that there is still room for improvement, so too is the fact that we have a talented new fantasy writer on the scene.

Finding the right words to describe what we write is a dilemma many fantasy writers face as the the genre is so wide open.It is unfortunate that fantasy novels and fantasy stories are listed with science fiction when they really have very little in common.

You should be giving the great fantasy writers of our age, the J.K. Rowlings, etc lessons on how to REALLY use fantasy at its finest.

Meanwhile, writer, professor, and critic Stephen Burt chronicles the dream - like story of how fantasy writer Catherynne Valente's crowd - funded Internet novel won a Nebula Award, became a trade best - seller, and led to four traditionally published sequels.

Titled Dragon's Dogma: The Beginning, the book features development illustrations and an original short story by fantasy writer Ryo Mizuno, perhaps best known as the creator of Record of Lodoss War.

Many current era science fiction and fantasy writers take an especial delight in mocking the legal profession and the justice system — the fish in a barrel problem.

All official SB Nation answers today will come from fantasy writer John Daigle from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., and Brian Pollak from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET.

-LSB-...] By frasersherman Courtesy of my friend badger's LJ, an interesting survey on fantasy writers» paths to novel publication.

As an example of how settings can get uncomfortably «exotic,» it's worth asking why more American fantasy writers don't use medieval Korea as a background for stories, as opposed to, say, Japan or China.

Pullman is perhaps the best fantasy writer alive, and certainly a master of world - building, and his new tale is more broadly fantastical than The Golden Compass and its two follow - ups.

Science fiction and fantasy writers face a unique problem: How do you convey the details of imaginary worlds without bogging down your story?

YA / General Interest: Shakespeare adaptations are popular in YA literature, and Gratton has made a career as a YA fantasy writer; her first offering for adults will appeal to much of her existing fan base.

Given that fantasy is one of the most popular genres, I just don't see where the prejudice against fantasy writers comes from

Kinnear and Connelly's son (Nat Wolff) is a gentle aspiring fantasy writer who loses his virginity to a high school classmate who turns out to have major substance - abuse issues.

So it might make sense to talk about the realm of Lothlorien and the powers of people like Gandalf and Galadriel as «magic» — and this is where many Catholics become slightly concerned about fantasy writers like Tolkien.

In his 2012 address to the University of the Arts, the award - winning fantasy writer advised graduating seniors to make plenty of mistakes, but to not stop pursuing their passion when they become successful.

Martin's writing contrasts in this sense with the works of the great Christian fantasy writers CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, and while the former man says he admires his predecessors in the genre, he rejects their redemptive approach.

One of the more interesting recent fantasy writers, China Mieville, thinks so — and has developed his urban, industrial, and democratic «Bas Lag» world as a direct competitor to Tolkein's Middle Earth, which he considers implicitly reactionary.

This is not the South of the dewy - eyed fantasy writers of plantations and nostalgic honor; this is the inverse, with hardscrabble living and ridiculously rash vows.

November 23, 2011 • Remembering the iconic fantasy writer Anne McCaffrey, author of the classic Dragonriders of Pern series.

A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband in «Alphinland,» the first of three loosely linked stories about the romantic geometries of a group of writers and artists.

Some are unexpected: Did you know that legendary sci - fi / fantasy writer Ursula K. LeGuin could also draw?

I've worked with a wide range of clients, from established series romance authors, to epic fantasy writers with huge casts of characters and multiple plot lines, to new writers still figuring out their first stories.

While browsing on Pinterest, a pin on an article about how fantasy writers get horses wrong drew my attention.

Her current roster includes New York Times best - selling fantasy writer Jim Butcher, Hugo Award winning science fiction author Elizabeth Bear, USA Today best - selling author Anne Bishop, Nebula and Hugo finalist Cherie Priest, and RITA Award Winner Shelley Bates.

«Some of the most notable fantasy authors create powerful reads with slower beginnings that lead up to a crescendo of gripping action — such as this story... Much like the acclaimed fantasy writer Patrick Rothfuss's productions, In the Company of the Dead evolves slowly for the first few chapters... perfect for the fantasy fan seeking depth, who appreciates a slow build - up before the fiery action begins.

Enter «REAMDE,» an online virus that brings together a super-rich CEO, a Chinese hacker, a rogue Russian mafioso, an assimilated East African beauty, an itinerant Hungarian software programmer, two insanely prolific fantasy writers, and guns, guns, guns.

Sixteen fantasy writers gather to bring sixteen tales to life, each one a unique glimpse into a wholly original world.

I was talking about you in Sweden, Lindsay — I've sent a budding fantasy writer your way.

I have always aspired to write about girls doing heroic things, and Tammy was one of the first fantasy writers to really write that.

A Fantasy group brings fantasy writers, readers & artists together.

I make # 1 on a top ten list in Sweden — Ugliest fantasy writers, but I'll take my honors where I find them.