Tag: Fantasy

  • Info in a Scene: How Much Is Too Much?

    Info in a Scene: How Much Is Too Much?

    If I asked you to think of a richly detailed fantasy world, you’d have plenty to choose from. Earthsea, Middle Earth and Westeros might spring to mind, or many, many others. These have levels of detail that make many readers feel like they could actually go there. It therefore makes sense that as a writer,…

  • Book Review: Paternus by Dyrk Ashton

    Book Review: Paternus by Dyrk Ashton

    Paternus is a dark fantasy, and it features gods. Which gods? Pretty much all of them. I have to give a nod to debut author Dyrk Ashton for the amount of research he must have done to write this book. There is so much detail and scope. He weaves in folk lore and mythology from…