Why is it, in the 21st Century where we eat, sleep and breathe technology, we, fantasy writers, still build tech free worlds? Urban Fantasy doesn’t count. From the books I’ve read in this subgenre, the setting is familiar. It’s like an alternate version of a places we already know. I’m Read more…
You know what’s harder than building a world from scratch. Destroying it and then rebuilding it. I know, kind of a depressing topic but, I’m a dark fantasy writer. We gotta go there. With New York in the path of yet another “once in a life time” storm, it’s really hard not Read more…
“In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” For years now, I’ve come across this phrase, Cthulhu Mythos, but never the definition. It must be one of those things everybody knows. Authors have been using it in articles and blog posts, often, but they’ve never taken the time to Read more…
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters was about what I expected. Fun. Entertaining. Total Mind-dump. It’s one of those movies you go to when you don’t want to think about anything. It’s pure entertainment nothing more. The plot was shallow and predictable, the characters two-dimensional, the witches slightly comical looking but, Read more…