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Running the Gauntlet

Skein magic and its uses (from Dragonsigns)

Notes of Mateo Vargas, Ra

Notes of Mateo Vargas, Rayo Hill, 1977 Substance has been referred to as "skein" (pronounced skayn)  -- reasons unconfirmed.


Before Reindeer Could Fly

Did you notice that Santa

Did you notice that Santa's sleigh doesn't fly? Or it didn't, mostly, no

Teleporting

Teleportation – the vanishing few ways a writer can control it

A friend of mine is writi

A friend of mine is writing a book that features magic for teleportation and dimensional travel. Me being a student of “FantasTactics” (aka a “m

Possessed

Instructions for Control Magic

(Papers left in a hidden

(Papers left in a hidden location in the city of Lavine)   I’m writing t


Writing a Character Arc – Through Other Characters

If the heart of a story i

If the heart of a story is the conflicts it puts a character through, and especially the

The High Road

When The High Road started on a Tower – a Deleted Opening Scene

Can an opening scene be t

Can an opening scene be too… distinctive? There’s a line writers love to quote, that when a piece of writing doesn’t work we need to “kill


Sources of Magic – Part Two

If you know where somethi

If you know where something comes from, it gives you a head start on guessing where it’s going, doesn’t it? So when you’re rea

Horror castle

Dark Fantasy and Darker Horror – Common Webs

If dark fantasy and some

If dark fantasy and some of the other delightfully edgy shades of storytelling draw on horror (like I said

flight

Flying – Is The Sky The Only Limit?

Power Plays (can we be ca

Power Plays (can we be canny with the uncanny?)


Book Blitz: Shadowed Is Everywhere!

It’s here! Yes, my

It's here! Yes, my "man who does not exist" has been coaxed out of hiding for a day--I don't have Paul's paranormal senses, so this is my own chanc


No Creatures Needed

(or, anything They can do

(or, anything They can do in, We can do in better) The darkened sky shifts as the breeze kicks up, switching dry leaves about the roots of


Testing for my Flying Belt

I see superpowered people

I see superpowered people. Really. When I look at a skyline, I see the angles Spider-Man would need to swing in through an upper window, if this we