From the
editor
Last week I started creating a map for my children’s fantasy book, as well as the blueprint for the castle. I found I was spending too much time trying to work out which direction or area some action was taking place in, and then going back through my notes to see if I was contradicting a previous description.
Both need work, but the map has already helped to cement the details of the book’s world in my mind. I was actually stuck at one point because I couldn’t work out whether somebody came from the north or the south of the country – with the map, I worked out all those details and found some more information that will probably come up later on.
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Elle
16/6/06
Creative
inspiration from religion
The world's religions have been the
basis of numerous books, movies, musical pieces, and beautiful
works of art.
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this article
Create
a Da Vinci style treasure hunt
Work symbolism into your artwork or
riddles in poetry and leave your heirs a puzzle to work out in
order to discover their heirloom!
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this article
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Review
of Dragonflight and Dragonquest by Anne
McCaffrey
Dragonflight
opens with a fascinating female character called Lessa, the
sole surviving heir to Ruatha Hold disguising herself as a
servant to prevent detection by an evil invader. Because of
this great beginning, I had high hopes that Anne McCaffrey
would veer from what has become standard Fantasy fare.
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this review
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