by kingdompen | Sep 6, 2017 | Poetry
By Isabelle Evans There she stood, Tall and pale in the moonlight, Pearlescent eyes glowing, Silver scales shining. The dragon queen, Glorious majesty, Hatched from a moon, Fathered by a star. She opens her mouth, Breathing silver fire into the night, Casting light...
by kingdompen | Sep 4, 2017 | Articles, World Building
By Brandon MillerHave you ever worried that the fantasy world and story you are writing is too weird to be believable? Some fantasy stories are so far afield of reality that their authors have (valid) concerns that readers will be lost and skeptical of the world,...
by kingdompen | Sep 1, 2017 | Articles, Author Interviews, Characters, Mission & Calling
Yes, KeePers, we’re giving away three signed books (two of them in hardback) courtesy of the latest author we’re interviewing. Our very own Christi Eaton met S. D. Smith, a member of the Story Warren, at a convention earlier this year. Not only did she...
by kingdompen | Aug 21, 2017 | Articles, Plot
Your character wants something. But someone else in his world, perhaps a friend or a random stranger, wants the opposite. These incompatible goals define them as the protagonist and antagonist. They both can’t succeed, so when their desires clash, behold! You have the...
by kingdompen | Aug 16, 2017 | Poetry
By Natalie Griffin That glorious day I felt a stir, One in my heart that I’d never heard. It was the Word Coming to intervene in my lost, broken life, To be a light in my darkness and a relief to my strife. Although it’s fair to say in my eight-year-old circumstance,...
