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Tessa Barron
- Sep 23
- 8 min
Cool Ideas, and the #1 Method I Know of to Come Up With Them
How does a fantasy writer come up with an epic, unique idea? Creativity can be hard. I know of only one tried and tested method that works.
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Tessa Barron
- Sep 21
- 6 min
4 Tips to Improve Your Writing Through Emotion not Facts
The world of fiction runs on emotions, not facts. Writers may not be scientists, but they don't need to be...um...let's ignore science...
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Tessa Barron
- Jan 15, 2021
- 5 min
5 reasons to love the world-building in Robert Jackson Bennet's Foundryside
So here are 5 reasons why Foundryside has some of the best fantasy world-building you will see.
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Tessa Barron
- Jan 6, 2021
- 10 min
I Love You Because You're Here: Foul Fantasy Romances
….I love a good love story. Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror are my be-all-end-all, but if a saucy romance is injected into these genres, I eat i
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Tessa Barron
- Nov 28, 2020
- 4 min
Juxtaposition: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...and the beautiful...cuz contrast
Just as an artist knows that a piece needs contrast to be engaging, a good writer knows that a book needs contrast to engage the reader.
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K.E. Barron
- Nov 13, 2020
- 7 min
Keeping it Simple, Stupid, In the Fantasy Genre
Writing fantasy is anything but simple. And reading fantasy novels, as brilliant and epic as they may be, is often a slog.
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