Cover by Alison Hunt

There’s the cover for Do I Need to Use a Dragon? (Fantasy Writing Tips) and the blurb is below.  I had trouble with this because the book itself has a casual, humorous tone to it.  If I made a serious blurb then it felt like a lie and didn’t match what I was going for on the inside.  So, I threw caution to the wind and went wild.  Figured I might get a few readers by being blunt and myself instead of trying to come off like a stuffy, pompous professional.

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Have you ever wanted to write a fantasy story?  Not sure about the rules? Well, look no further!

Hidden within these pages are opinions and observations that MIGHT help you with your literary adventure.  Boiling fantasy and writing in general to their most basic principles, I have devised a litany of short essays …