Setting and Sword-and-Sorcery. Plus Savage Journal Entry 31.
Location, location, location. Setting is a vital component of Sword-and-Sorcery fiction. The action needs to occur in some pre-industrial locale, a secondary world, a fictionalized
If Ken Lizzi has a quest it is to help infuse a pulp sensibility into 21st Century fiction
Location, location, location. Setting is a vital component of Sword-and-Sorcery fiction. The action needs to occur in some pre-industrial locale, a secondary world, a fictionalized
Writing is an odd business. Each story is its own, unique blend of challenge and joy. Then it sits, sometimes for years, only to be
As a writer, you dream of reaching the conclusion. But we live in the present. Actually typing “The End” becomes anti-climactic rather than the cathartic
May 3, 2020 Second Edition Update As they say, two steps forward, one step back. I mentioned last week that the rights to Thick As
April 26, 2020 Second Edition Thick As Thieves came out a few years ago. I’m rather fond of that one. Crime and fantasy are not
April 5, 2020 Falchion Returns! You can’t keep a good man down. Or at least you can’t keep a perhaps not-so-nice fictional character down. If
March 29, 2020 In the Pipe Whether we’re facing a world-changing pandemic, or not, I’m still working. Not just at my day job; I’m also
The delivery truck driver dropped off a box at my front door the other day. The box label read “Goodman Games.” Inside, protected by redundant
February 9, 2020 Away from the Keyboard Actual writing constitutes the bulk of creating a book. Sitting my ass down and getting the words transferred