Recent content by Acra of the Wind

Dear Fantasy Writers I am writing a fantasy novel which contains Dragons and Elves. Although they are not in too many places in the book I was wondering if it was cliche for me to use them. Since nowadays elves and dragons are very overused. IT seems that in every fantasy I read nowadays...

As cliche as this might sound, possibly the Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins is my favorite character in fiction of all time. I suppose maybe because I love to watch how inventive he is and how much promise he has in the eyes of Gandalf and the dwarves. Although i love Wizard's First Rule, and the...

Even if they were merely evil because that is in their nature or there is some other complicated reason, I think that Harpies are a good idea, I haven't seen them that much in fantasy so it isn't too cliche either. Although I'm not an expert.