by G.L. Breedon | Apr 3, 2012 | Fantasy, Film, Science Fiction, TV, Writing-Craft
Yesterday I was listening to a podcast about last weeks crop of sci-fi and fantasy by Darren Franich and Jeff Jensen and one of them mentioned in passing that George R.R. Martin hated the ending of Lost. I hadn’t heard that before, so I did a little poking around and...
by G.L. Breedon | Mar 12, 2012 | Writing-Craft
I’ve been thinking lately about heroes – what makes a hero we want to root for, what characteristics does a hero need to have so that we will want to empathize him or her, and better yet, how do you create a hero that people not only want to watch...
by G.L. Breedon | Feb 16, 2012 | Fantasy, Wizard of Time, Writing-Craft
A few weeks ago I came across Brandon Sanderson’s First and Second Laws (of magic) at his blog and they sparked a great deal of thinking. The two laws are: Sanderson’s First Law of Magics: An author’s ability to solve conflict with magic is DIRECTLY...
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 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 | Dec 5, 2011 | Wizard of Time, Writing Update, Writing-Craft
Although I am in the middle of editing Summer’s Cauldron (Young Sorcerers Guild Book 2), I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the second book in The Wizard of Time series and the series as a whole. I had originally intended WOT to be a seven book series,...
