Title: Winterskin Author: C.M. Estopare Genre: Dark / Epic Fantasy The Path. Perilous. Brutal. Deadly. It is said that if a man journeys in alone, he’ll never return and there will be no corpse to bury. Thousands of lives hang in the balance. Braving the Path is the key to saving them, but their survival is…
I talked about plants in the post Creating Fantasy Plants. Now, let talk about creating fantasy animals. Darkness has taken. Its power torments people. Animals and plants slowly evolve to thrive in this dangerous world. In Book 1 of my Merging World series, you learned about glowing plants. You discovered mutated animals in Book 3. In…
In my stories, I don’t put a lot of emphasis on holidays mostly because they’re post-apocalyptic. The characters aren’t going to stop and celebrate when they’re so focused on surviving. Actually, they might. Holidays are something solid when the world has been turned upside down. Would characters in The Merging Worlds series celebrate something similar…
There’s a lot of advice out there for fantasy writers. It comes from a lot of different places: agents, publishers, editors, writing professors, bloggers, and authors. They’ll tell you the magic formula for creating a compelling, “good” story. They’ll give you a laundry list of do’s and don’t’s. As a writer learning the craft, it’s…
The Week in Link will be back next week. I love social media. I can go to a party without leaving home. You can discover hidden gems, some dark and twisted books by diverse authors. You can hang out with people from across the country, the globe. Colors in Darkness, an awesome Facebook group celebrating diversity in…
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Diving headfirst into building a new dark fantasy world is like a choose your own adventure story. I’m not only enjoying the twisted ride, I’m in charge of it. I’m talking about the 4th and final book in The Merging Worlds series. 100 years has passed between books 3 and 4. Since then all hell…
Thanks everyone for voting for the next Merging Worlds series cover! You are all awesome. It was an interesting race. Number 3 started off strong. It sped ahead of the rest. Then, number 1 got its second wind. It started catching up. But number 3 kept the lead. It won! Here’s the cover for The Lost…
For The Lost Sciell: Book 3 of The Merging Worlds series, I’m doing things a little different. I usually give a peak at how the cover was created. ( I might still do that.) Instead, you’ll decide which cover will be the one. Comment or use the form at the bottom of the post to vote….
This post is very morbid but this has been on my mind. Once again, I reached a point in my series where characters are dying. I’m having a difficult time going through The Lost Sciell. I killed off one character only to go to the next chapter and kill two more. This is right after…
