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Respecting Dan Brown
If you read Elisha Barber all the way to the end, you’ll find an Acknowledgements page. One of the first names on that page is Dan Brown. Yep, the same author everyone’s talking about this week, with the release of … Continue reading
Racism and the Problem of the Hybrid Hero
It has been said that there are really only two plots: A stranger comes to town, and someone leaves home. What I want to look at today is the first one, the stranger–but not just any stranger, the stranger who … Continue reading
Posted in character development, fantasy, fiction, writing
Tagged books, character, controversy, fantasy, movies, racism
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How much God is Enough in a Fantasy?
At my last convention, I was accused–by a member of my own writer’s group, no less!–of not having enough religion in my work. The writer was going on about how *nobody* includes enough religion in their medieval fantasy! Including you–(he points … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy, history, medieval, religion, Uncategorized
Tagged catholicism, church, controversy, deryni series, fantasy, god, history, katherine kurtz, medieval, medieval fantasy, medieval settings, Religion, tad williams
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Veronica’s Veil: Putting a Face on the Savior in the Middle Ages
Attended a talk yesterday about one of the most famed relics of the Catholic Church: Veronica’s Veil, a cloth which bears the miraculous image of the face of Jesus. As the story goes, when Jesus was carrying the cross, a … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy, fiction, history, medieval, relics, religion, research
Tagged controversy, Jesus Christ, medieval, pilgrim, pilgrimage, relics, Religion, the church, Veronica's Veil
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Getting in Trouble
In her book Writing Fiction, Janet Burroway states that “Only trouble is interesting.” And I’ve lately been realizing how right she is. In the book I’m currently revising, I’ve realized that one major issue is the character isn’t in trouble. … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Uncategorized, writing, writing process
Tagged blogging, conflict, controversy, fiction, writing
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