Flash Short Story: Birds of a Feather Draw Together
This whimsical flash short story poem explores friendship and art in a magical encounter with a raven.
Want to know more about the craft and theory of writing fantasy? The posts in the Fantasy Writing category discuss why fantasy stories are valuable and how to write them well.
Short Story: Unwanted
Free short story! Read “Unwanted”: In a futuristic society that denies her humanity, a young girl faces a terrible choice.
If It Quacks Like A Hero
A lot goes into a good hero, but it can all fall flat without one key storytelling component. If it looks like a hero and talks like a hero, is it a hero? Read to find out!
7 Words Even Professional Writers Get Wrong
English is a confusing language. Here are the top 7 word usages that even seasoned writers mess up. Whether you’re drafting an essay or the next great American novel, improve your writing by learning these simple rules!
Key to Being a Happy & Productive Writer
Here is the #1 best tip to take your writing more seriously, get more done, and be satisfied with the results. And even better, it’s easy!
Christmas Gift: Free Story Plus Book Teaser Sentences
Free story + one sentence teasers! A hero prophesied from ages past transcends the bonds of time and space to free his people from a deadly curse.
10 Ways Reading Fantasy Improves Reality
When people look for wisdom to improve their lives, they look in the self-help section, not on the fantasy shelf. But classic fantasy stories convey a great deal about our universal human experience even in galaxies far, far away. Here are 10 benefits of reading fantasy.
True Magical Realism: Ways Fantasy Improves Reality #7
We often wish we could wave a magic wand to resolve something that feels impossible in our lives. What we are longing for is something our souls already know exists: a plane beyond what we can see that we can influence.
Saving the World: Ways Fantasy Improves Reality #6
Our world needs to be saved. A conflict has raged for millennia over the fate of our world and every person in it – and we can join in the adventure one battle at a time.
Is the Moral of the Story Relative? Ways Fantasy Improves Reality #5
Classic fantasy restores the clear delineation between good and evil, light and dark, that still exists in our world. It’s not relative, and it is real. The fight’s coming to us whether or not we pick up or swords and shields.