Author Of Maldene.
Be it any sort of fiction, a writer needs to know how to design a good character. When should you do it? How much detail should you give it? How much background? These are the questions I’m here to answer today. First, before even starting your book, and assuming you have it outlined or at …
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A shy young wizard, almost as highly intelligent as his friend Sabu, who also happens to be just a bit psychic. How far can he stretch this psychic potential? Who knows. What is known is that the verbal exchanges between these two intellectual giants can often be exceedingly frustrating for Eldar who prefers more simple …
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I was just allowed the priviledge to guest post at the blog of one author Mysti Parker. Follow the link to read my post then continue on to take a look around at her blog. http://mystiparker.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-author-series-7-by-mark-tierno.html?spref=fb
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Author Peter Pollak (yes, the same one I just interviewed) invited me to guest blog at his site, and so I have. Go to www.petergpollak.com/category/blog/ to read it.
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Every story needs its strong man, and for Maldene, Bronto is it. A normal enough Human but for two shining attributes. The strength of an ogre and strong enough in combat, yet he would just as readily prefer to win a battle by way of a tavern and a good stout mug. Spend the day …
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Fantasy worlds have one standard prerequisite: Magic. But, how does a writer use it in his story? Is it enough to simply have the wizard do whatever needs to be done and all the writer has to do is shrug and say “It’s magic” when asked how? Everything needs a logic, it’s own internal consistency, …
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The name pretty much says it all. A vast sea south f the Great Whirlpool, with the massive continent of My-Thov on the west and the Lamicas on the East, the Sea of a Thousand Islands is so named because of the vast number of islands within it- said to be at least a thousand …
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A mad wizard, of whom one day Lord Chaos himself will say “That guy’s completely nuts!”, Po-Adar turns insanity into a fine artform. Shunned by nearly all races, and ugly enough that when he pulls away his hood the sight is considered an attack mode, he is nonetheless a powerful and knowledgeable wizard and one …
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The Great Whirlpool, otherwise known as Tedelnsho (literal translation: really big hole in the water), is a phenomena that has been around as long as History currently records. Since the dim mists of pre-history, this gigantic whirlpool has been spinning. A whirlpool nearly fifteen hundred miles across, a great slow beast turning round and round, …
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Writing Tips: Creating Your Own Language
February 27, 2012
February 27, 2012
In the world of Fantasy and Science Fiction, one will often have a variety of alien races and cultures. Naturally, not all of such races know how to speak English (or any other Earthly language for that matter), which raises the question, should the author create a language of his own for some of these …
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