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Speculative Fiction Writers Guide to War, part 20: Transportation: Beastly Power
What are the limits of what a man or beast can transport, even fantasy beasts? How far beastly power can move an army and its supplies is an important consideration in speculative fiction world building.
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Travis Perry
Speculative Fiction Writers Guide to War, part 18: War Costs Exercise 1–Food for the Army
Ready to calculate some war costs? This exercise breaks down how much it would take to feed fantasy troops based on a late medieval army–and how much it would cost in relevant currency.
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Travis Chapman
Speculative Fiction Writers Guide to War, part 14: Combat Arms Training
Militaries by their nature develop specialized branches of combat arms and train their warriors to master particular war-fighting specialties.
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Fiction Friday – I Am Ocilla By Diane M. Graham
I am Ocilla. This is my story.
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Fiction Friday: An Excerpt From One Realm Beyond
The distinct sound of leathery wings unfolding caught [Cantor’s] ear. He fought back a grin and redoubled the speed of his dash to freedom. The dragon on course to intercept him roared a warning. Accepting the challenge, Cantor pushed his muscles with all his might. If he could reach the portal first, he could dive and roll. The dragon in flight would have to land and squeeze through.
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Donita K. Paul
There Be Dragons
In Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis describes those moments in which some earthly experience awakens us to the truth that there is more to the world than our earthly experience.
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Jonathan Rogers
Fall Writer Challenge Finalists
In no special order, the finalist entries are re-posted below. After reading (or reviewing) them, vote in the poll to determine who will win this year’s Fall Writer Challenge.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Writers Slay Dragons (and You Should Too)
The truth is, the dragon is real and living among us. But what is this dragon really up to? What’s his goal? Is he merely trying to slow us down in our life journey? Is he simply keeping us from taking chances, fulfilling our dreams or doing great things for God in this world?
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Christopher Miller
Mythopoeia Or … It’s Opposite
Mythopoeia, according to Wikipedia, is “a narrative genre … where a fictional mythology is created … The authors in this genre integrate traditional mythological themes and archetypes into fiction.” When I first heard the term, I was confounded. Which is it, I wondered, the creation of a myth or the integration of traditional myth into a new story?
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Rebecca LuElla Miller