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fantasy writing
November 3, 2010
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arthuriana, Gawain
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    Lev Grossman on T.H. White and The Once and Future King

    One of the subjects I will go on at length most often is, most assuredly, Arthuriana. My abiding love for that genre started with a gorgeous illustrated volume (an abbreviated Morte D’Arthur) given to me by my great-aunt, but really came to fruition during my Freshman year of college when I was assigned both The... / READ MORE /
    August 12, 2009
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    fantasy, peter of windbourne, WIP, writing
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      Falling in (and out of) love with fantasy

      Occasionally, I still have moments where I look at a scrap of dialogue or a descriptive phrase, and I feel a little self-conscious, writing what I’m writing. It’s fantasy, sure. It is epic? Sometimes. It is heroic? Yeah, a bit. Does it have magic and all that? Of course. Am I way hung up on... / READ MORE /
      August 10, 2009
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      fantasy, peter of windbourne, WIP, writing
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        So, that finally happened…

        If you follow my Twitter feed, you’ll know I was on something of a writing binge this weekend. Every few months this happens. It’s like my own personal NaNoWriMo, where the book I’m writing takes on an absolutely powerful life of its own, and I’m kind of strung along. While it sounds kind of cool,... / READ MORE /
        June 29, 2009
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        fantasy, peter of windbourne, WIP, writing
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          The self-conscious fantasy epic.

          This morning I read a piece in the Guardian called When the Lord of the Rings doesn’t cut it: Confessions of a fantasy junkie, and found it rather amusing. In particular this bit (which makes us all sound a bit like Gollum, I think): I understand the pain of the addict. At the turn of... / READ MORE /
          June 25, 2009
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          fantasy, peter of windbourne, writing
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            Notes on the woman warrior, fantasy literature style

            The first woman warrior I remember reading was Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings. That image of her standing before the Nazgul Witch-King, her sword brandished, her blond hair spilling down her shoulders and catching in the wind is probably one of the most vivid early memories I have of fantasy literature. And I... / READ MORE /
            June 15, 2009
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            aldersgate cycle, fantasy, peter of windbourne, queen of none, WIP, writing
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              Glut, glut, glut.

              I am trying to be candid here. I have too many words. Not counting finished drafts, I have somewhere around 230K of unfinished business. This is either work in process (currently I am writing two separate books) or words that need to be edited. This morning I thought I’d total it up, for reasons of... / READ MORE /
              June 7, 2009
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              fantasy, peter of windbourne, WIP, writing
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                Writing with the darkness.

                This week’s writing has been more difficult than others, and not because of the usual reasons (laziness, business, distractedness). While I’ve slowly made progress from 0k to 4K (about 2K from the chapter end) it’s been laborious, to say the least. Though I’m writing from a draft, I know what’s going to happen, so technically... / READ MORE /
                June 4, 2009
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                fantasy, Uncategorized, WIP, writing
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                  Crowded house: writing a party

                  Nah, not the kind with ale and food and wenches, though that happens from time to time. More like a party of people. At the moment I’m struggling with some of my chapters, as there are just too many damned people there all the time. Up until this point most of what I’ve written has... / READ MORE /
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