Announcing the launch of a new YA book, The Secret Realm Gaia School of Awakening by E. O. Worth.
YA author launches new book: The Secret Realm Gaia School of Awakening
Reminder: Janet Lee Carey’s workshop
THIS WEEKEND! WORLD-BUILDING WORKSHOP: FROM ELVES TO ALIENS With YA Fantasy Author Janet Lee Carey Are you creating worlds for fantasy novels, sci-fi novels or games? Considering terrain, ecosystems, beings, cultures, societies, and languages? There’s a lot to cover, but when you design a world from a central theme, adding history and conflict, you create... Continue Reading →
A book makes a wish come true
Once in a while, the forces for good in this world come together in a spectacular way. Here is one of those instances.
Highlights Foundation Whole Novel Workshop
If you’re a fan of children’s fantasy, then it’s likely that you’ve read and loved the work of two of fantasy’s best: Laura Ruby and Anne Ursu. Laura authored the standout books THE WALL AND THE WING and its sequel THE CHAOS KING. Anne penned the amazing middle grade novel, THE SHADOW THIEVES. Most of... Continue Reading →
On creating a fantasy world
Kristin Cashore has a great piece on the Horn Book site explaining, among other things, why Po could never say, "Hot dog, Katsa!" and how she wishes she'd invented something like a killybong. The author of GRACELING and FIRE tells what she did and what she wishes she'd done to build the world of those... Continue Reading →