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The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 2: The Opus Magus

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edited by Tee Morris and Valerie Griswold-Ford

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Trade Paperback ISBN 10: 1-896944-15-9 ISBN 13: 978-1-896944-15-9 6.00" X 9.00" $24.95 US 320 pages AMAZON.COM AMAZON.CA

The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 2: The Opus Magus The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy, with a second volume of advice, examples, and resources dedicated to helping you create your own epic fantasy adventure. Featuring the writing talents of... Campbell and Compton Crook Winner Wen Spencer 2003 EPPIE Award Winner Jeanine Berry 2002 EPPIE Nominated Tony Ruggiero 1999 Blue Boa Award Winner Kim Headlee Will McDermott Michael R. Mennenga Bob Nailor Tina Morgan Valerie Griswold-Ford Evo Terra Erik Amundsen Lai Zhao And introducing... 2004 Golden Heart Finalist Julianne Goodman ...with illustrations by Anne Moya and an introduction from Holly Lisle. Tee Morris (author of DMP's Morevi and Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword) and Valerie Griswold-Ford (author of DMP's dark fantasy Not Your Father's Horsemen) team up as editors for the title that picks up where The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 1 leaves off. The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 2 takes on more advanced topics of writing, such as incorporating horror, incorporating mystery, herbalism, developing a story in your favorite RPG universe, and exploring alternative cultures for worldbuilding. Get ready to take your work to a whole new level, and embark on a writer's adventure with The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 2 at your side! Tee Morris Tee Morris began his writing career with his 2002 historical epic fantasy, MOREVI The Chronicles of Rafe & Askana. Tee then appeared in Dragon Moon Press' 2003 release, The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy. 2004 saw the releases of Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword and The Fantasy Writer's Companion. Tee entered 2005 with an idea, and that idea -- podcasting MOREVI -- went on to become the first book podcast in its entirety. That experience led to the founding of Podiobooks.com and collaborating with Evo Terra on Podcasting for Dummies and its follow-up, Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies.  Along with those titles, Tee has penned and collaborated on Legacy of MOREVI: Book One of the Arathellean Wars, BenBella Books's Farscape Forever: Sex, Drugs, and Killer Muppets, the podcast anthology VOICES: New Media Fiction (edited by Mur Lafferty), and in BenBella Books’ So Say We All: Collected Thoughts and Opinions of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Tee continues to explore podcasting with The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy, a podcast about the marketing and self-promotional concepts for published and soon-to-be-published authors. He also hosts the companion podcast for Podcasting for Dummies, Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword, MOREVI, and Speaking of Beer’s “MicroBrewed” with Phil Rossi. Valerie Griswold-Ford Born in South Carolina, and raised in New England, Val Griswold-Ford inherited several things from her bibliophile parents: a love of books, and a talent for telling stories.  Both contributed to an early start to her writing career. After writing short fiction and her first novel in high school, Val switched to journalism in college.  She covered several political beats, wrote a weekly column and rose to associate managing editor of The Daily Campus, the fifth largest daily newspaper in Connecticut. Post-college is when she began writing in earnest.  After her first chapter in “The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy,” Val co-edited “The Fantasy Writer’s Companion” with Tee Morris.  She released her first solo novel, “Not Your Father’s Horseman,” at Westercon 58 in Calgary in July 2005, and is working on the sequel, “Dark Moon Seasons.” Val writes dark fantasy, horror, paranormal romance and urban fantasy, in addition to her nonfiction works.  She is currently co-editing the third book in the “Complete Guide” series with Lai Zhao, entitled “The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: the Author’s Grimoire.”  Val lives with her husband and three kittens in Concord, New Hampshire. The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 2: The Opus Magus "Jovial and practical, this is a fine 'companion' for any writer of fantasy." Michelle M. Welch, Author of Confidence Game "A treasure trove at your fingertips—a perfect companion to The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy" Sheri L. McGathy, Author of Within the Shadow of Stone

Reviews and Interviews have appeared in: AMAZON.COM "What makes this book shine is two of the sections are quite good. There is a detailed section on Asian culture (though I wish it had a reference section) and an intruiging chapter on government. " - David A. Olson, Amazon.com "The greatest compliment I can give this book is that I've owned it for less than a week and it's been borrowed four times. The first volume goes over general character and world generation--anyone with access to roleplaying reference materials knows general character and world generation--but this book won my heart because it describes other areas of fantasy fiction. High notes are Tony Ruggerio's chapter on horror fantasy and Tee Morris' chapter on Asian-based fantasy, and a few chapters concern editing and publishing specifically for the fantasy writing market. However, the rest of the book rehashes the same information laid out in the first volume, albeit with a few tweaks (like a full-blown "sex in fantasy" chapter instead of a few hints). All in all, it's one of the better fantasy resources I've found in print. If you've got the cash to spare and you write offbeat fantasy, it's worth owning." - The Bookshelver, Amazon.com "I have to say that Vol. 2 is just as complete as the first book in the series. However, the first book was printed in the US, and the second book in Canada, so the second book is a little smaller (metric I guess), and the book was cut with a unsharpened blade, so the pages are not even and have blade patterns cut in them. Other, than the asthetics, the book is great. The publisher needs better QC, that's all. " - S. Mcclanahan, Amazon.com The Complete Guide Series™ : The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 1: Alchemy with Words The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 2: The Opus Magus The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 3: The Author's Grimoire The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction Volume 1: First Contact

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