Sep 7, 2012 | Book Covers, eBooks, fantasy, Indie Publishing |
I’ve been working with an artist on the cover for book 2, The Dagger of Adendigaeth, as we creep ever closer to publication. For this book cover, I asked Kentaro Kanamoto to paint on his virtual canvas what I’ve been envisioning in the universe of my own...
Jul 13, 2012 | fantasy, Indie Publishing, writing |
I was recently interviewed by Lela Michael for Self-Publishing Review on the use of languages in fantasy. Interview: Fantasy Author Melissa McPhail on the Use of Languages SELF-PUBLISHING REVIEW: In my SPR review of Cephrael’s Hand, Book One in your series, I...
Jun 27, 2012 | Character Development, fantasy, Story Concepts, writing |
I’m still on this subject of character development. It’s a hot topic among fiction writers—or at least among bloggers, who seem to think it’s a hot topic among fiction writers. In any event, all of the recent posts flying about the blogosphere on the subject have...
Jun 4, 2012 | fantasy, Plot Development, writing |
Do you ever feel caught out of time? I had a day recently where I felt I’d skipped out of the time stream followed by the rest of the world. Like the needle on a record player suddenly dislodged backwards, I wound up running eleven minutes behind everyone else. I...
May 26, 2012 | Character Development, fantasy, World-Building, writing |
“What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” So says Juliet in her soliloquy about Romeo. As Shakespeare points out, names are a combination of symbols, associated with sounds, which are assigned to represent a person or thing in our minds....