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Before You Can Write a Hero, You Need a Mentor
For the past twenty years, anti-heroes were ascendant. The almost child-like enjoyment of traditional fairy-tale heroism that we got with the original Star Wars trilogy gave way to the torturous path of Anakin Skywalker to the dark side. Th...
How to Write a Hero Like Aragorn
“Fantasy is a natural human activity. It does not destroy or even insult Reason… for creative Fantasy is founded… on a recognition of fact, but not a slavery to it.”
~ J.R.R. Tolkien, “On Fairy Stories”
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At Weavers of Story, I show authors how to craft great stories and how to cultivate a creative life and business. Award-winning author of fantasy and sci-fi inspired by Russian fairy tales.
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Author of "Exogenesis" (Ignatius Press), a novel of the future. Leading the analog renaissance in family, education, and daily life in the Machine Age. Bylines in First Things, Inkwell, The Rabbit Room, Doomer Optimism Keynote.
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Swiss polyglot, homeschool mother of three, loves especially long classic novels. Leading the analog renaissance in family, education, and daily life in the Machine Age. Bylines in First Things, Inkwell, The Rabbit Room, Doomer Optimism Keynote.
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