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Before you even begin writing your novel, you need to know who your characters will be. Minimally, you would want two major characters, the hero and the heroine. They will interact mostly with each o…
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Storm Prey by John Sandford Dr. Weather Karkinnen, wife of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Chief Lucas Davenport, is one of the surgical team diligently working to separate twins co-joined at the head. As they begin the complex series of operations, four men rush into the hospital’s pharmacy, taking millions in drugs. The surgery is
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To create characters for your fantasy novel you must consider your market and create characters that your readers are able to relate to, and care for. This does not mean that you reveal all there is about your characters in the first few lines, your characters a best revealed a little as the plot unfolds, a little intrigue goes a long way. But your characters should be developed before you put your pen to paper.
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The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, Book 12) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson Shortly before his death in 2007, author Robert Jordan announced that he had begun work on the final volume of his Wheel of Time fantasy series, to be titled “A Memory of Light.” Sadly, he died before completing it, but he
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Horns by Joe Hill Have you ever read a book and after the first 15 pages say to yourself, “Well, he’s pretty much done everything I can think you can do with this idea. What’s he gonna do now?” and then you read and read and you’re not sure if anything else is really going
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Mirrorscape by Milk Wilks Mirrorscape is probably one of the most creative, imaginative YA fantasy books that I have read in a while, but that’s not to say it’s without it’s problems. The biggest draw of Mirrorscape is the imagination and creative environment that has been developed. There was so much imagination involved in developing
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Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett Mr. Shivers is a bit of an odd ball book. It beings as a simple quest and murder story set in the depression era of America (readers will be reminded of the HBO TV series Carnivale as it’s set in the same era but Mr. Shivers is a bit
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Warriors edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois In his Introduction, George R. R. Martin describes “Warriors” as a ‘spinner rack’, which is an apt description for an anthology that includes stories of every ilk from historical fiction, fantasy and sci-fi to a Western, mysteries, “some mainstream”, and “a couple of pieces that
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The Shadowmask: Stone of Tymora, Book II by Geno and R.A. Salvatore I have been a long time fan of Drizzt and the Forgotten Realms series. It’s one of the first fantasy series that I got into when I was in high school and really sparked my love for reading fantasy. So when I heard
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Between Planets by Robert Heinlein But few outside of Robert Heinlein’s devotees know that many of his works were aimed at, and market to, children before they became popular among adults too. Between Planets is one such novel . At one time serialized in altered format in the magazine Boy’s Life, the tale is bursting
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson