There’s a particular kind of novel that pulls you in from the first page and doesn’t let go until you’ve lost track of time completely — the kind set in candlelit gambling halls, smoky backrooms, and glamorous casinos where fortunes … Read More
Jorge Luis Borges spent his literary career constructing impossible architectures — labyrinths without exits, libraries containing every book ever written or imaginable, gardens where time forks endlessly into branching paths. He was, in the … Read More
Creating a vivid character capable of falling in love or arousing hatred is a sign of great skill of a writer.
You can invent a most interesting plot, master the subtleties of literary style and language, but fail the character, … Read More
The genre began to stand alone in the sixties of the last century. Since then it has only become more popular. Fantasy is attractive because it helps to break away from reality. Everyone loved fairy tales as a child. Fantasy … Read More
A person’s life is made up of many stories. Some of them are real, some of them over time and under the influence of imagination grow fictional details. Some you want to keep, others you want to tell. There are … Read More
It is no secret that many invented countries and worlds, like literary characters, have very real prototypes. The landscapes seen on a journey or remembered in childhood sometimes inspire writers so much that they simply can’t help but talk about … Read More
