Grimdark or Just Honest? On Epic Fantasy and the Tendency Towards Gratuitous Violence

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The Agartes Epilogues is not grimdark. This is something I tell people in the description, because someone who is savvy in the genre of epic fantasy could immediately think this upon reading the Prologue of Jaeth’s Eye. It’s been described by many reviewers as violent, with some sex and some swearing. In epic fantasy, these are usually the signs of …

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Birthplace

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I just want to talk a bit about how this book came to light. It started out as a short story in 2003 (during my 11th grade in high school) which was called The Black Dog. My English teacher at the time had asked us to submit “anything”…short story, poem, whatever…for marks. So I cobbled …

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Try Not To Tell, Show, But If You Show, Don’t Show Everything…

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It has taken me a long time to be able to articulate my thoughts on the common debate on the show, don’t tell advice that is frequently handed down to young writers. And yes, I do believe that such a debate exists the longer you stay in this craft. Le Guin had an article about why …

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My Paycheque Comes In The Form of Words

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As of today, I have been writing for 24 years. The most I’ve put it off is for a couple of months or so–otherwise, I’ve been consistently writing, rewriting, plotting, planning, researching, learning, and turning the mechanics of writing over and over in my head like there’s no tomorrow. I repeatedly discuss stories with people until they …

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