It’s said that “A good friend will help you move, but a true friend will help you move a body” (Steven J. Daniels, Weeds in the Garden of Love). Disposing of a body may require help, but I also imagine it requires a certain amount of finesse in order to […]
On Writing
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The setting: an ancient African civilisation, lost to the outside world. Populated by proud warriors under the leadership of a benevolent monarch, endowed with fabulous wealth and colourful outfits, protected by natural barriers, magical artefacts, or lost technology. Into this reclusive kingdom stumbles an outsider from the Western world, bearing […]
When I think about the term ‘Noblebright Fantasy’, I tend to imagine knight-in-shining-armour type characters. Think Brienne from Game of Thrones – who, for myself at least, was one of the dreariest POV characters in the books. I found her constant preaching about nobility boring and out of place with […]
When I wrote the first post about noblebright fantasy, I got a comment from author L. Jagi Lamplighter (isn’t that a wonderful name?!) about the superversive literary movement. I’ll post more about that later, but I thought I’d start with this lovely essay about why she writes fantasy (reprinted with […]
Everything written here is my own opinion. I hope you find some portion of it helpful; as for any portion you don’t find helpful — discard and disregard. My purpose here is not to dictate to the world what “noblebright fantasy” is, or how its heroes should behave; but rather, […]
Tension. It’s that thing that all stories need to have to propel the reader forward. Without it, you have dullness. Drabness. Blahhhhh. But what most people don’t realize until they think about it is that there are two kinds of story tension, and they’re not all that similar. In fact, […]