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  • Throwback Thursday: Using Magic in Fiction

    Throwback Thursday: Using Magic in Fiction

    Magic (as I’m loosely defining it here) features heavily in fantasy. The forms magic can take from one fantasy story to another, however, greatly vary.…

  • Spotlight: Hello, Again by Isabelle Broom

    Spotlight: Hello, Again by Isabelle Broom

    hilippa Taylor (Pepper to her friends) has big dreams. When she closes her eyes, she can picture exactly who she ought to be. The problem…

  • Monday Motivation

    I only write when I’m inspired, so I see to it that I’m inspired every morning at nine o’clock.

  • Book Review: The Alloy of Law

    Book Review: The Alloy of Law

    If there is one series of fantasy novel I absolutely loved, it was the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, so I felt I was on…