In previous blog posts, I’ve gone over how the roleplaying games I’ve played have inspired the way in which my novel’s fantasy universe works. These past two weeks I was writing the chapters which introduce another magical tool into the mix: summoning. If you look at...
Think back to most fantasy stories, from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to Rowling’s Harry Potter series to Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle and so on, at the heart of these worlds is a form of magic. The properties of magic can really make any fantasy world feel deep,...
