Tag Archives: Tolkien

To Elve or Not To Elve (Do You Call Them Elves)

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Sarah

I’m being flippant, of course, turning “elf” and “elves” into a verb. But more and more it seems to be a rising issue for fantasy writers as to whether or not one should include them in one’s fantasy world. I … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Immortality In Fiction

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Sarah

(Originally Posted on Live Journal — Dec. 6th, 2009 at 7:33 PM) There was a discussion on sartorias ’ LJ some time ago about Elves in current fantasy. What makes them different than being “ordinary humans with magical powers”? This … Continue reading →

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Archeological Creativity

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Sarah

(Originally posted on Live Journal – Feb. 9th, 2009 at 9:29 AM) Or would it be creative archeology? The last couple of weeks I’ve been transferring information from two notebooks into a program on my computer. Now, that might sound … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Naming – Arveniem

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’ve been nose-to-grindstone the last couple of weeks, working on getting the manuscript of The Scribbler’s Guide to the Land of Myth (plug, plug!) ready for BookSurge to do their magic on it. So, working on … Continue reading →

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Thoughts About Derivation

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I began writing my first fantasy novel in high school. Inspired mostly by Tolkien, actually. In the sense of … it was reading Tolkien’s work that nudged me into actively focusing my writing impulses on creating … Continue reading →

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From Text to Image

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Sarah

(Originally published on LiveJournal) One of the things about being both a writer and an artist is that eventually, the artist gets an itch to draw something that the writer has written. Of all the possible scenes, characters, and events … Continue reading →

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Re-Entering a Subcreation

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Sarah

(Originally published on LiveJournal) In between doing household chores this weekend, I have been rummaging through various notebooks connected to my fantasy novel (okay — it would be easier just to refer to it by its title: The Ring of Adonel … Continue reading →

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Poetic Presumption

Posted on August 7, 2007 by Sarah

(This was originally published on LiveJournal) So, I’ve mentioned this fantasy novel that I’ve hauled out of my files and am beginning to get back into working on. I suppose I could tell any readers here a bit about it … Continue reading →

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