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@larchness Ah thank you! It’s taking a really long time but I’ll be glad to finish it one day!

@larchness My fantasy saga consists of thirteen series that are interconnected, so I think it fits pretty nicely XD

@larchness I remember looking at this before. It was very fun.

1. Mine is definitely series fantasy. Other genres that my other things might fall into would be low fantasy, urban fantasy, eastern fantasy…

2. I just write what feels familiar, so no, usually. Sometimes, though, I might say, “I really want write an eastern or wuxia fantasy right…[Read more]

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TBH didn’t read the article. But I would say that some Subgenres can be good but that article has way too many in my opinion!

I think u have to limit yourself to just a few, so Portal Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, etc.

But don’t feel like u have to fit into one. I mean, I feel they’re just there if u want…[Read more]

@larchness This is a good question! Personally, I feel like trying to fit your story into a specific subgenre could be really difficult and limiting. My novel is historical fantasy — kinda. It breaks some of those “rules” because it actually takes place in a different world, but it’s based on America in the Victorian era. I didn’t necessarily…[Read more]

(Side note, but every time I see the title of this topic, my mind sings, “What makes a monster, and what makes a man?” from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, so that’s been an interesting phenomenon. :P)

@devastate-lasting Oh nice! Not too many people have heard of him in my experience. They’re really some delightful games, IMO.

@larchness Yes,…[Read more]

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Ah, a fellow coffee lover! *raises mug  Ooh, and a fellow Tolkien admirer? Great! I haven’t actually read the Silmarillion, but I hope to eventually! I was hoping you’d say that about dragons. Dragons are one of the greatest creatures, and especially in fantasy. Hmm, favorite book? That’s a hard one. I have a soft spot for The Lion, Th…[Read more]

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Hi, new writing friend! Can I offer you a cup of coffee? It’s great to have you here! 🙂 I know you’ll love it here in Kingdom Pen. I’m sort of new myself, and I already feel right at home. Ooh, fantasy is my biggest genre! What’s your favorite book? Do you like dragons?

@lewilliams @larchness Yeah, N.D.Wilson’s got some pretty great fantasy. He has quite an…interesting imagination, that one.

@larchness

I would definitely study the “Dark Ages”. All around the world they were so interesting in different ways, but I couldn’t really narrow it down more than that. I just find that time period so fascinating.

Ah yes, seafaring adventures are so much fun! The novel I’m currently plotting is set in the Golden Age of Piracy (the historical…[Read more]

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@godlyfantasy12

@joy-caroline

@larchness

Thank you for everyone’s advice! For the first time I finally made a breakthrough on my book today! I’m very excited to keep working on it finish it up!

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For sure. My favorite of the Disney re-make books was, ‘The Curse of Maleficent.’ It’s the story of Sleeping Beauty told through the POV of Maleficent and it was really good. I know they made a movie that it was based on, but I haven’t watched it.

@larchness

Hi and welcome to Kingdom Pen!
I’m pretty new too, but it’s been awesome here!

That is so cool that your writing a graphic novel. Sadly, the only ones I’ve ever read was the re-making of Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty and also Svetlana Chmakova’s Brave.

If you like swashbuckling kind of tales, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s Peter and…[Read more]

@larchness Oscar Wilde has some really good stuff; I’ll never forget “The Happy Prince”. Harry Potter’s probably one of the only fantasy series I’ve actually enjoyed, I don’t like that much high fantasy. If you haven’t checked out Bryan Davis’s Dragons in Our Midst series I would totally recommend that! One of the few Christian fantasy books that…[Read more]

@larchness Ooh, brothers! I do love brother dynamics. And J.R.R. Tolkien is of course of the best.

What other fantasy books have you read?

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Hello there! I’m Chelsea R.H., otherwise known as SeekJustice!

I really enjoy history and would have loved the chance to study it (weirdly enough, I went the dog training/disbility care route). What are your favourite periods/things to study?

Ooh, I have so many fantasy recommendations! What are your preferences (subgenres, YA,…[Read more]

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Welcome to the forum! It’s so awesome to have you here on this fine morning in the Kingdom of Pen.

I’m so happy you like the articles! All of the authors are simply fans and volunteers of Kingdom Pen sharing their experience and lessons they’ve learned from writing. Which is I think why it feels so special.

Oooh, I love graphic…[Read more]

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Welcome to KP!

I enjoy writing fantasy as well but am doing a sci-fi right now.

I recommend Till We Have Faces and The Space Trilogy (even though it has a spaceship and aliens, it really is more of a interplanetary fantasy than anything else) by C.S. Lewis, Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, the Princess and Curdie, and The…[Read more]

@larchness Hi Chloe! Welcome to the Kingdom! We’re so glad to have you here!

I’m really glad that you found the articles on this site useful; they really are great.

Ooh, a graphic novel! Do you mind sharing a little about your WIP? I’d love to hear more about it.

What are some other hobbies that you have? Any favorite books, authors, or movies?