Year: 2013

Fantasy

A good time was had by all at WORD Vancouver


I had so much fun meeting all the new people who stopped by the RWA-GVC booth at WORD Vancouver yesterday. I got to hang out with my RWA-GVC writing friends and met my new readers in person. That’s always such a thrill for me. I also met Laura Thomas, the event coordinator for the Fall 2013

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Fantasy, Just For Fun

Dear JJ Abrahms letter concerning Star Wars


At last someone has finally defined why the new Star Wars movies never quite measured up to the pure awesomeness of the original trilogy. It may have taken 5 months for Prescott Harvey and team to create this open letter to J.J. Abrahms about following these four rules for the future making of Star Wars

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Article

The power of a well-designed book cover


How many times have you been shopping for a particular book and been inadvertently drawn off course by an eye-catching cover? Suddenly you’re mesmerized like someone zapped by a spell. You can’t pry your eyes away. You’re instantly engaged in reading the blurb and sampling pages. Before you know it, the book you intended to

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Fantasy

The mystery surrounding the number seven


With the anticipation and general awesomeness of the recently released trailer for the upcoming movie, The Seventh Son, I got curious about this mysterious number seven and the origins of the folklore surrounding the seventh son of the seventh son. The mystical connections concerning the number seven have been part of history and myth for

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Fantasy, News

J.K. Rowling is taking us back to the Wizarding World


This is exciting news people! Warner Bros. Entertainment announced an “expanded creative partnership” with J.K. Rowling to begin a new film series inspired by the Hogwart’s textbook, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Rowling will be writing the screenplay for the first film about the textbook’s author, Newt Scamander, and his many adventures with the creatures he

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