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Calligraphy Guild Book Review

Title: Calligraphy Guild Author: R. M. Archer Genre: YA, speculative, high fantasy Star rating: Five stars Release Date: June 17, 2022 Synopsis: Dragon ink gives calligraphers the power to set history in stone—or to change it. Lai Duyên’s dreams are realized when she’s admitted into the ranks of the calligraphers, authors considered trustworthy enough to defend time from those who would change it. She’s thrilled at the opportunity to record her country’s history, and to work with the other calligraphers in her village. But when Duyên’s guild is set upon by ancient dragons demanding a time-changer be destroyed, her world is flipped upside down. Her guild mates turn on each other, suspicion coloring their every move. To make matters worse, she’s begun hearing the dragons in her head and finds them impossible to block out: a condition that rendered her grandmother insane. With the calligraphy guild in turmoil and Duyên's ever-present fear of madness clouding her vision, will the

Six Cliches Tolkien Got Away With

Today’s post is part of Rachel’s Tolkien blog party mentioned in my previous post. If you’d like to learn more about that, you can use this link to check it out and enter the giveaway (which is pretty amazing!). Now, let's get started! Here are six tropes/cliches that Tolkien and very few others have gotten away with. 1. The Chosen One Frodo is the chosen one. Gandalf tells him that he was “meant” to take on this task. He is the only one who can fulfill the quest. Bilbo was already too taken with the ring, Sam would have fallen under its spell if he didn’t have to protect Frodo, Merry and Pippin probably would have lost it, and everyone else is either so powerful the ring would have used them or so weak they would fall almost instantly. Frodo is the only one who could fulfill the quest, and Tolkien is one of the only ones who can pull it off. 2. The Powerful Artifact The ring, the silmarils, I’d even count Andúril! Tolkien’s writing is full of magical artifacts, and he gets away wi

The Fellowship of The Threes

Today's post is an essay on writing with examples from Tolkien's Lord of The Rings. Why post this today? Well, this Hamlette of The Edge Of The Precipice is hosting her 11th annual Tolkien Party for Hobbit Week, and I've been looking forward to this all year! Tomorrow's post is my answers to the annual blog tag, and then Thursday's post is on Pippin and I'll finish on Friday with a post about a character usually looked over due to his absence from the film adaptation (any guesses on who it is?) As writers, we often think rules are made to be broken. Sometimes, telling is better than showing, clichés work best, and writing about topics without personal experience can stimulate growth. But, some of these “guidelines” exist with good reason. Some examples of these would be what the author likes to think of as the Three Rules of Three. This article will break down these three rules with case studies for each one. The first of the Three Rules of Three is when foresh

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