Writing Bears into Fantasy Part 2 In my last post I described some of the physical ways Berardians—the bearfolk of my novel, Hidden Knight—resemble real bears and a few ways they differ. I’m going to continue in this post with what I think are the most interesting aspects of Berardian culture, and how it may […]
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Writing Bears into Fantasy Part 1 If you told me one day I’d wake up and write an entire novel based of bears, I’d probably laugh. Don’t get me wrong. Bears are cool, but they aren’t my favorite animal, nor did I have any particular fascination with bears. So what led me to write a
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Desert Rain Oft the days are dry and hot, and life is hard to bear I look above, but I forgot, how to even say a prayer The wind blows dry, choking dust, “God,” I cry, “don’t you care?” Dark clouds form, in the violent gust, “Why?” I whisper in despair Hope forlorn, in