3/24/2010

News for March 24th, 2010

For a limited time only, Geralyn Beauchamp has made her book Time Masters: The Call available for free on scribd.com. The first half of the book is here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/28130739/Time-Masters-Book-One-The-Call-Part-One and the second half here: http://www.scribd.com/Time-Masters-Book-One-The-Call-Part-Two/d/28130807. This is a great book with a lot of cool concepts and imaginative writing.

C.S. Lakin has unveiled a new website and blog for her upcoming fantasy series The Gates of Heaven, due for release in September. Go here to see the cover and blurb: http://www.gatesofheavenseries.com. On her blog she explains her motivation in writing fantasy: http://www.gatesofheavenseries.com/blog/

For writers - C. Maggie Woychik has posted an article on why some writing is without heart: http://msghomeschoolauthors.blogspot.com/2010/03/case-of-missing-heart-tell-tale-signs.html

The Guardian has a post on choosing names for fantasy stories:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/mar/16/fantasy-character-names

Want to write a superhero story? Here's an extensive list of superpowers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superhuman_features_and_abilities_in_fiction
(thanks to Karina for this tip!)

1 comment:

Sheila Deeth said...

Wow. Thank you Grace. I shall enjoy reading this.