Top tips on writing historical fantasy from 8 successful novelists

Top tips on writing historical fantasy from 8 successful novelists

Fantasy is never created in a vacuum, and much of its foundation and inspiration comes from the past – be it mythology or historical cultures or events. This is all the truer if you’re writing historical fantasy, a story with fantastical elements rooted in a specific...
8 types of inciting event for your next fantasy story

8 types of inciting event for your next fantasy story

Do many of your fantasy stories start in a similar way? Perhaps with the protagonist witnessing a loved one being arrested, abducted, or killed. Or discovering a magical power they inherited from a mysterious, long-lost parent. Or being chosen to embark on a heroic...
How Lindsay Buroker made Dragon Storm unputdownable

How Lindsay Buroker made Dragon Storm unputdownable

(Warning: spoilers ahead.) Getting lost in a world of your own making is part of your job as speculative fiction writer. But to help your readers to settle into your world as comfortably as you do, you’ll sometimes have to step back from your story’s detailed...