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Five * Review of Voyagers: The Third Ghost

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With only a week to go until the May 6th release of Voyagers: The Third Ghost, our IWSG Anthology of 10 diverse historical fantasy short stories just received its first 5-star review. My tale gets an honourable mention, but I’m champing at my bit to read all the other awesome stories.

https://pagesforthoughts.blogspot.com/2020/04/voyagers-third-ghost-by-yvonne-ventresca.html

On Wednesday, I’ll be re-blogging another IWSG Anthology blog post with my fellow writers’ thoughts on their experiences with language. Be enthralled at all the past revelations at:

https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/

The Power of Language ~ Part 1

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Today’s post on the IWSG Anthology blog carries some of my fellow writers’ thoughts on their experiences with language. Be enthralled at:

https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/

R for Rurikid Diarchy

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My 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge revisits my best posts from the 2014 to 2019 Challenges.

R for Rurikid Diarchy 1933 (2017)

Time for another shift in world history.

And all because I couldn’t stop constructing my Kanata alternative history. The initial trigger, Leif Eriksson’s permanent colonisation of Vinland, inspired me to rewrite other key episodes in history. I wanted the legacy forged from Vikings merging with the indigenous people to ripple down time. Kanata evolved into my vision of a 21st Century Viking Age.

Anyway, this one has deep roots as well as great ripples. Before the ‘our timeline’ revelation, will you recognise all the real historical events echoed here? I threw my whole set of spanners into this period. Amusing? Believably or fantasy?

Expect more alternative history ahead.  

In fact, this ties with my current interests – like my short story ‘Feathered Fire’ which has a Ukrainian MC. The tale will appear in the IWSG anthology Voyagers: The Third Ghost, which is released on May 5th, 2020. There’s a taster on the IWSG Anthologies blog – if you’re tempted to delve.

Links to my other 2020 A to Z posts can be found here: https://rolandclarke.com/blogging-from-a-to-z/blogging-from-a-to-z-challenge-2020/

To visit other participants see The OFFICIAL MASTER LIST: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YphbP47JyH_FuGPIIrFuJfAQiBBzacEkM7iBnq6DGDA/

More Inspiration for the Upcoming 2020 IWSG Anthology Contest

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Today’s post on the IWSG Anthology blog carries some of the favourite Inspiring Quotes on Writing from more of our Anthology authors. This week, we offer these to inspire:

https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2020/04/inspiration-for-upcoming-2020-iwsg_15.html?showComment=1586969084688#c1365418653258781343

K for Kitsune

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My 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge revisits my best posts from the 2014 to 2019 Challenges.

K for Kitsune (2014).

This fascinating gem from Japanese folklore seems to re-occur in my journey. Although I expanded on this research nugget while I was creating the game-world for my novel ‘Wyrm Bait’, it wasn’t my first encounter. Yes, it was one that evolved into a character in my post-apocalyptic saga Gossamer Flames. But the research is ongoing.

However, I first discovered about Kitsunes through the game which brought my wife and me together, Perfect World. One of my characters was a Venomancer, a female-only class modelled on these Japanese fox beings.

And it seems as if a kitsune plays a key role in Charles Kowalski’s short in the IWSG anthology Voyagers: The Third Ghost due out on May 5th. Read more about his story here:

https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2020/02/in-spotlight-charles-kowalski-author-of.html

Links to my other A to Z posts can be found here: https://rolandclarke.com/blogging-from-a-to-z/blogging-from-a-to-z-challenge-2020/

To visit other participants see The OFFICIAL MASTER LIST: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YphbP47JyH_FuGPIIrFuJfAQiBBzacEkM7iBnq6DGDA/

Inspiration for the Upcoming 2020 IWSG Anthology Contest

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Today’s post on the IWSG Anthology blog carries some of the favourite Inspiring Quotes on Writing from some of our Anthology authors. More next week, but be inspired here:

https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2020/04/inspiration-for-upcoming-2020-iwsg.html