David B Coe

Dark Eyes

Faith Hunter

Blood Cross

A J Hartley

On the Fifth Day

Misty Massey

Mad Kestrel

Finding Real Magic in Writing

The magic system in my first series — the LonTobyn Chronicle — had three elements:  the mage, his or her familiar (usually a bird of prey), and a crystal or ceryll, as I called it, that focused the power sourced in the psychic connection between bird and mage.  Each person’s crystal, and by extension, each [...]

Creating Magic

Today’s post comes to us thanks to my good friend Stuart Jaffe (of “The Eclectic Review” fame) who emailed me a few days ago to discuss the creation of magic systems.  This is something I’ve done quite a bit, and it’s one of the things I enjoy most about writing fantasy.  Magic is, in many [...]