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6 Critical Elements for Fantasy World Building (Part 3)
This is the third of a 3-part blog post about building rich fantasy worlds to immerse your readers. In part 1 we looked at two “big picture” elements: maps and politics. Part 2 was a “medium” view about wimpy food and eavesdropping. This time we’ll talk about a couple of “detail” topics: the decorative apostrophe,…
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6 Critical Elements for Fantasy World Building (Part 2)
This is the second of a 3-part blog post about building rich fantasy worlds to immerse your readers. In part 1 we looked at two “big picture” elements in building a fantasy world: maps and politics. Today we will take a “medium-sized” view and see why meat and grog are wimpy. We’ll also learn how…
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6 Critical Elements for Fantasy World Building (Part 1)
World-building techniques have always fascinated me. High Fantasy and Epic Fantasy books were my delight as a young reader. I poured over the maps on the book’s end papers, studied every entry in the glossary in the back, even marveled over the lengthy character name lists in the front. When it comes to creating fantasy…
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No Carrier Pigeons Need Apply
I’ve added a Contact page to the Lita Burke website. You won’t need any carrier pigeons to keep in touch with the latest news about Lita Burke books on Facebook, website, blog, and soon to be available, Twitter. Also check out the new About Lita page for a blurb about what motivates me to write. …
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Copyright This and That
I discovered how straightforward it was to get an online copyright registration for Wrath. See Copyright Office for the details. Here’s the process: follow the “eCO” link, fill out the form, enter payment information, upload a copy of your work, and get a confirmation. They accept credit cards to pay for the fee (which was reasonable).
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A-Editing We Will Go
I’ve edited Wrath yesterday and today. In general, my drafts suffer from two problems: too loquacious (today’s word for the day from my grammar calendar), and misbehaving commas. I’m investigating proof/edit apps to help me slay my grammatical two-headed dragon. Two editing programs caught my eye, and I’ve downloaded the demos from their websites to try…
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Wrath Cover
The cover for Wrath is ready. I was looking for a single eye-catching graphic that incorporated the primary elements of the story: a magic journal, smoke, and fire. I found this stock photo and fell in love with the rich colors. I used some of the fire’s colors in the text to tie it all together. Some…
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