The Duality of Magic Systems in Fantasy: Hard vs. Soft Magic
Magic systems in fantasy often fall into two distinct categories: hard magic and soft magic. Each offers unique storytelling opportunities, […]
Busy Is Good. Busy is GREAT.
From The Productive Indie Fiction Writer: How often do you think, even in the back of your brain, “I’m too
Why Utopias Don’t Work…anywhere!
From SRP author Cameron Cooper: Farnam Street recently posted one of the clearest explanations for why utopias can’t work in real
Other Places to Find Good Books: Book Bundlers
From SRP Author Tracy Cooper-Posey: Book bundles are enormous fun. You get a stack of books for a price that
Top 13 Fantasy Magazines I Follow
From SRP Author Taylen Carver: Fantasy as a genre tends to run long. One hundred thousand words (400 pages) for
A New Type of Sprint! — Graduated Word Sprints.
From The Productive Indie Fiction Writer: One of the most-visited posts on this site is “5 Types Of Writing Sprints
A Step Closer to Unlimited Power
From SRP author Cameron Cooper: The article is a bit old, now, but the breakthrough it reports on is a
It’s Just a Job: Fairies
From SRP author Tracy Cooper-Posey: Fairies, or the Fae, have multiple sources within mythology, and come in a vast range
Tolkien’s Sources…
From SRP Author Taylen Carver: Authors can go to extraordinary lengths to build their fictional worlds. They have travelled the
Cleaning Up Your Manuscript for The Best Formatting Results
From The Productive Indie Fiction Writer Slightly off the beaten track today. At Stories Rule Press, we offer a formatting service