by G.L. Breedon | Jan 9, 2012 | Books, Fantasy, Film, Science Fiction
It’s a busy week and there isn’t as much time for blogging as I would like. The day job is quite busy and I’m in the final stages of work on Summer’s Cauldron (YSG #2) so I can send it to the editors next week. I’m also reworking the cover for the first YSG novel, The...
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 15, 2011 | Fantasy, Religion, Science, Science Fiction, Spirituality, Writing-Craft
This continues from Part 1 and Part 2 PART THREE: Simple Rules So, if this is how I am defining religion and spirituality, what criteria can I establish for exploring those twin issues in science fiction and fantasy (or any work of fiction)? First, is that while the...
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 13, 2011 | Fantasy, Religion, Science Fiction, Spirituality
This continues from the previous post. PART TWO: Definitions. It helps to have definitions of the things you are trying to explore as well as a grounded understanding of them in both practical and theoretical terms. This is one of the reasons I decided to become...
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 10, 2011 | Fantasy, Religion, Science Fiction, Spirituality, Writing-Craft
This post became much longer than I had anticipated, so I’m breaking it into three parts. PART ONE I just read an article by John Horgan (reprinted in an edited version in Slate this week) about his decision to give up being a Buddhist. In actuality, it seems...
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 13, 2011 | Books, Fantasy, Writing-Craft
There is a question that has been bugging me for a while: Why is it that certain kinds of stories are told mainly in the medium of comic books rather than in novels? This seems especially true for superhero stories. Particularly what might be considered the classic...
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 11, 2011 | Books, Fantasy, Reviews
I finally finished Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings last week. It took me months to get through the book. Part of that was because I was so busy indie publishing The Wizard of Time and The Dark Shadow of Spring. I was also writing the sequel to The Dark Shadow of...
