On Fantasy and Writing
My articles on topics relating to writing fantasy can be found on my author page on Mythic Scribes. Current articles are:
- Magical Creatures for Magical Worlds:
- Fairies
- The Minotaur
- The Phoenix
- The Hydra
- A New Page for a New Year
- The Forests of Fantasyland
- Adding Depth to a Fantasy World
- Fantasy Weapons: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- How to Spot Your Writing Weaknesses
- Fight for What’s Right: Moral Causes in Fantasy Worlds
- Using History as Inspiration for Fantasy
- Howl’s Moving Castle: a review of its adaptations
- Suspense and Pacing in Fiction.
I have also written guest blogs for the following:
- Lessons from Handwriting a Final Draft, on brianwfoster.com
Ancient History topics
My articles on ancient history topics can be found on Perpetual Past; articles available there are:
- The ancient (interrupted) custom of urban beekeeping
- Curse tablets, judicial prayers, and divine justice in the ancient world
- Corinth and early classical archaeology
- Writing is Magic: Classical Greek Attitudes to Literacy
Academic Publications
I am a named author for one article published in a peer-reviewed journal:
- University of Leicester Graveyards Group. 2012. ‘Frail memories: is the commemorated population representative of the buried population?’ Post-Medieval Archaeology 46:1, 166–195
