Month / August 2023
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Handling exposition in fantasy books…
For any of you out there who are writers, Russell F. Hirsh discusses exposition in his July 18, 2023 blog post. He focuses on how Lee Edward Födi approaches exposition in the…
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An early tease from Molly Ringle for Ballad for Jasmine Town [Eidolonia book 2]
So you’re going to have to wait a bit, but Molly Ringle has posted on her website that her next book, Ballad for Jasmine Town – Eidolonia book 2, is slated to come…
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A few thoughts on this website’s focus…
So… The Purple Fantastic’s premise (at least in my head) was to gather together all the favorite stories that I’ve read in recent years and trumpet my appreciation of them in the…
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I’ve just started reading Kit Vincent’s “Us, Et Cetera”
I just started reading Us, Et Cetera. I’m only 16% in, but it’s good. Really good. And unique. It is such a pleasure to discover a book that is not-like-the-others. The MC…
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Because you can’t spend all your time reading…
As much as I love reading, I also enjoy spending time with friends! I recently bought Abducktion: A Weirdly Strategic Duck Kidnapping Game. The game is great. It is easy to learn,…
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The Past and Other Things that Should Stay Buried
I don’t know if you have read We Are The Ants, but if you haven’t, you should! It is brilliant. I actually listened to the audio version while I painted small game…
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A Bedtime Prayer
By Paul Manchester (Yes… I worry about these things…) When I lay me down to sleep I pray perhaps my life to keep. Yet if I die from cause unseen may my…
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I’m presently rereading “Lava Red Feather Blue”
I read this some time back, but while going through the books on my Kindle I noticed it and was curious to revisit. The world that Molly Ringle creates in Eidolonia is…
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Kit Vincent’s “Us, Et Cetera” gets reviewed in the New York Times
Kit Vincent (the author of Of Feathers and Thorns – it will be listed on The Purple Fantastic… just haven’t gotten it up yet… it is a great read) has a new…
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The Purple Fantastic
Well… here we go. The Purple Fantastic! I first thought of creating this site about a year and a half ago. On one hand I was trying to think of a way…
