http://www.orble.com/inkwing/ Inkwing en Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:36:00 GMT Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:36:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/writing-updates/2/ Not a ton of progress this week; I've been extremely busy with schoolwork which left me little time for personal writing. I started on the next chapter of Winds of... http://www.orble.com/writing-updates/2/#comments http://www.orble.com/writing-updates/2/ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:36:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/phantastes-by-george-macdonald/ This is one of the grandfather classics of fantasy. It takes the form of a dream journey, in which the protagonist is whisked away to Faerie Land. This isn't the... http://www.orble.com/phantastes-by-george-macdonald/#comments http://www.orble.com/phantastes-by-george-macdonald/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:17:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fantasy-moviesmerlin-1998/ It's always hard to tell whether we're talking fantasy, fable, myth, or fairy tale when we talk about Merlin and the larger King Arthur stories. Though this movie--made for TV... http://www.orble.com/fantasy-moviesmerlin-1998/#comments http://www.orble.com/fantasy-moviesmerlin-1998/ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:28:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/word-magic-possible-to-avoid-cliches/ I'm not sure if it's possible, but I'm going to try. Word magic can be considered cliche simply because it's the standard form of magic in all fantasy these days... http://www.orble.com/word-magic-possible-to-avoid-cliches/#comments http://www.orble.com/word-magic-possible-to-avoid-cliches/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:24:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/writing-updates/1/ Yesterday I finished a chapter in Winds of Change. In this chapter I introduced a bunch of characters including Coran and Henry, two knights under Dumath's command, and Stumrych and... http://www.orble.com/writing-updates/1/#comments http://www.orble.com/writing-updates/1/ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:38:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/medieval-war-part-two-sword-maintenance/ So, this will be a pretty short post. I talked last Friday about sword combat, but now I'm going to talk a little bit about sword maintenance and anatomy. The... http://www.orble.com/medieval-war-part-two-sword-maintenance/#comments http://www.orble.com/medieval-war-part-two-sword-maintenance/ Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:03:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-thousandfold-thought/ This book grabs my head and shakes it around, causing me to lose memory of all words except one: wow. This book really is like "the climactic movement of a... http://www.orble.com/the-thousandfold-thought/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-thousandfold-thought/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:49:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/etymology-of-wizard-and-sorcery/ The word 'wizard' has been used a lot in fantasy and even in some fairy tales and fables. What I've always wanted to know was when this word came about... http://www.orble.com/etymology-of-wizard-and-sorcery/#comments http://www.orble.com/etymology-of-wizard-and-sorcery/ Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:04:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fantasy-games-dungeons-and-dragons/ Although it started as a table-top, pen-and-paper fantasy role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons has grown and spawned a million media spin-offs ranging from novels to movies. Admittedly, these extra-literary products... http://www.orble.com/fantasy-games-dungeons-and-dragons/#comments http://www.orble.com/fantasy-games-dungeons-and-dragons/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:08:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/mystical-manipulation/ The primary mode of magic in the world of Argul--the setting for my fantasy stories--can be called Elementalism. Elementalists (general term; certain cultures and languages have their own terms for... http://www.orble.com/mystical-manipulation/#comments http://www.orble.com/mystical-manipulation/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:05:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/every-character-is-affected-by-the-winds-of-change/ Tonight I'll speak about the characters which my fantasy story Winds of Change are all about. All the main characters live in a nation called Akura, which functions much the... http://www.orble.com/every-character-is-affected-by-the-winds-of-change/#comments http://www.orble.com/every-character-is-affected-by-the-winds-of-change/ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:40:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/medieval-war-part-one-sword-combat/ Starting this Friday and continuing indefinitely for each subsequent Friday, I'm going to talk about aspects of Medieval warfare, since so many fantasies are set in medieval times. It's good... http://www.orble.com/medieval-war-part-one-sword-combat/#comments http://www.orble.com/medieval-war-part-one-sword-combat/ Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:39:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-warriorprophet/ The Warrior-Prophet, the second book in R. Scott Bakker's The Prince of Nothing series, starts right where the first book, The Darkness That Comes Before, left off. This book is... http://www.orble.com/the-warriorprophet/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-warriorprophet/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:24:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fantasy-art/ To me, the most obvious area of fantasy inspiration besides literature is in art. A lot of fantasy authors end up having a skilled artist paint a picture for their... http://www.orble.com/fantasy-art/#comments http://www.orble.com/fantasy-art/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:25:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/origin-of-mages/ The word 'mage' has become universally recognized as one of the terms used to describe a practitioner of magic. Most people assume it is and use it as a shorthand... http://www.orble.com/origin-of-mages/#comments http://www.orble.com/origin-of-mages/ Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:31:00 GMT