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Continue reading →: Wrath-Now Read First Chapter Free
For anyone who hasn’t picked up Wrath, Prequel to Tredan’s Bane yet, I’ve put Chapter 1 online, and you can read it for FREE! Enjoy your first trip into the seaside town of Isor in the Enchanter’s land of Sye. You will meet retired Enchanter Tredan, his wife Lanith, and…
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Continue reading →: Review: Mikolay and Julia In The Attic
Mikolay and Julia in the Attic by Magda M. Olchawska Two clever magic-savvy children visit an attic looking for a magic wand and find themselves transported to an evil circus where cruel strangers have kidnapped other children and keep them in a bird-cage. The circus owners also mistreat the animals. Our…
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Continue reading →: That’s No Moon. It’s Excessive Adjectives
The best part of writing is describing story people and their world. They talk to me and I write down their words: the breezes cool the sweat from my face, garments are satin against my skin, and frying griddle cakes slow me when I walk by their favorite breakfast spots. …
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Continue reading →: Killing Me Softly With Adverbs
Today, I want to discuss a pet peeve–adverbs. When I find adverbs propping up weak verbs in the indie stories I read, it makes me want to sit down with the author for a chat. Here’s what I’d say: find your adverbs and get rid of them. Then replace the weak…
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Continue reading →: Enchanters Would Like the Look
Check out the new appearance, organization, and artwork for LitaBurke.com. The facelift features a cleaner look with easy links of the left side of the page. The blog posts now show tags and other info on a crisp white background to make them easier on the eyes. The banner artwork has…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Hobbit
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit is a long-time favorite story from the master of the epic fantasy genre. Against all odds, a very small hobbit goes on a journey and along the way meets with trolls, a dragon, and other dangers. View all my reviews
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Continue reading →: Wrath on Barnes & Noble
Wrath, Prequel to Tredan’s Bane, is now available for the Nook on Barnes & Noble. Check it out at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wrath-prequel-to-tredans-bane-lita-burke/1108034758?ean=2940013855816
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Continue reading →: Wrath on Amazon
Wrath, Prequel to Tredan’s Bane, is now on Amazon. Check it out at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006NY2SZC
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Enchanters of Sye Books
A retired Enchanter battles a powerful magician to keep a dangerous spell book from falling into the wrong hands.
A magical oddities dealer hides her kidnapped husband’s dangerous spell book.
Clockpunk Wizard Books
A dog flees his cruel master, befriends a wizard, and discovers his shapeshifting magic.
A wizard seeks a magical thingummy to free his kidnapped familiar.
A wizard faces a dangerous journey to Sir Death’s castle to win a powerful spell book for a love-starved dragon.
A wizard and Lady Luck’s young daughter discover the cause of a mysterious unicorn illness.
An elf prince’s son teams up with a disgraced wizardling to clear their names with the Magic Guild.
Fantasy Worlds
Evil Circus is a dark carnival filled madness, magic, and grinning clowns.
Steampunk London is a Victorian-styled world powered by steam engines.
Floating Lands are an eerie place of unexpected lighter-than-air denizens and islands in the sky.
Film Noir is a dreary, crime fiction world filled with down-and-out heroes, cynicism and vice.
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