Fantasy fiction is doing good business at the moment, but there are certain situations that have been overplayed. So much so, that they have become genre cliches, and everybody knows what to expect next. If you’re a writer in the fantasy genre, here are 6 cliches you should try to avoid in your stories.

With the growth of social media and marketing techniques like online article marketing, it seems that everyone is a writer of one sort or another. In fact, I’ve read a handful of articles that assure the reading public that anyone can write. While this may be technically true, those of us who write for a [...]

He grinned as he saw the outline of the castle ahead of him, showing two large fangs that came out over his lips. “The throne will be mine Alexander, and there’s nothing you can do about it,” the man said to himself as he continued down the rain soaked dirt road towards the entrance to the castle.

I recently wrote a short story that failed. To write those words down on the page is clearly not an easy thing to do. No one likes to fail, especially a woman like me, who believes the work I do defines who and what I am, my place in the flotsam of life. And in [...]

It’s a beautiful day on the beach in sunny Sarasota, Florida. It’s 7 a.m. and I am preparing for my daily vacation ritual of reading and listening to my iPod on the beach wall. The beach is busting with activity.

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