photo by simonse Physical immortality is a common concept in the two major realms I write about in this blog: speculative fiction and tabletop roleplaying games. A hero reaches a certain point in his career when he attains demigod status, and is thus immune to death by aging or natural causes. Vampirism and many other …
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Meta Monday 6: If it Exists
photo by hans This week’s glimmer of wisdom comes from fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. His quote is from an interview with Fantasy blogging’s own Lord Ruler Aidan Moher. “In my opinion a good book is a balance be-tween character, setting, and plot with character being the most important of the three. You can have the …
September 1, 2009 – 3:34 pm
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By Keith
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Posted in Advice, Creative Life, Meta Monday, Writing
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Tagged Advice, Brandon Sanderson, fantasy, fantasy fiction, Fiction, inspirational, Meta Monday, metafiction, quote
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What Works at the Table-Top, but not in the Manuscript
photo by kgeiger This is the other, dark half of an article I posted earlier about the bond between creative writing and GMing. It’s partly a list of differences between GMing and creative writing and partly a list of things that will work at the table-top, but not in the manuscript (as the title suggests). …
