Back when I initially drafted this post, I was in the middle of my unemployment stint. It had been roughly three months, carrying over for another. As of today, a total of five months later, the end could be in sight as I've just received an update from one prospective employer they're moving forward with my application. This change affects what I wanted to share today because I've been given the gift of retrospection. I started writing those thoughts within the original draft, but I think ...
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The Case to Redefine High Fantasy: The Hero’s Journey
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It should come as no surprise to some that I am doing a third part in this series. I'm no stranger to it. Being as passionate as I am about high fantasy, choosing to devote myself to pursuing a career out of writing within said genre, my convictions ...
The Case to Redefine High Fantasy: Epic Films
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Two weeks ago I shared about a conversation a friend of mine and I had regarding our frustrations with how high fantasy is defined within the literary world. The nuances of our discussion, though limited to literature, still had me thinking and referring ...
WOMS: The Light of the Midnight Stars
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Though I should be sharing my review of Evie Dunmore's most recent League of Extraordinary Women installment, Portrait of a Scotsman, because today is Erev Purim, I've decided to instead share something a bit more Jewish---Rena Rossner's The Light of the ...
The Case to Redefine High Fantasy: What is Epic?
Please note: this post may contain affiliate links for products I recommend. If you make a purchase through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A few days ago, when speaking with a new friend, she mentioned how her manuscript is not an epic fantasy like Tolkien, but more mild. While I understood her differentiation, her use of Tolkien's works as the litmus to test the intensity of epicness within ...
