What are the advantages of writing in either 1st or 3rd person perspectives and should we be able to use either when we want or even switch between perspectives within a story? What do we mean by ‘perspective’ in a story Telling a story requires all sort of things to be put in place. You […]
Sunrise in Valencia (poem)
This is a poem written about the final hours of El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) who was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. He became well known for his service in the armies of both Christian and Muslim rulers. After years of successful campaigns, El Cid ended […]
Does sex in fantasy stories have to be fantasy sex?
All sex scenes in creative literature are fantasy! As writers, we are not here to offer our readers boring encounters. Who on Earth needs that? We have to engage imagination and passion. Pump up the excitement. Guild it with magical romance. This is true for whatever type of fiction you write. It is just that in fantasy […]
I totally blew up my blog posts!
The horror! Okay, so I detonated a data H Bomb (B for Blog Bomb?) on my blog pages and eradicated them from the whole of space and time. This is just to let you know that I am now rebuidng this part of the site and I hope to update you with all the things […]