Epic Poem

Quite often in fantasy books the author will include a song / poem at the beginning or between chapters in order to set the scene / provide atmosphere, or even foreshadow things to come. Sometimes these songs or poems can be effective, and other times they can seem like just a bit of added fluff.…

Alternate Beginning

At some point in our lives, we all wish we had a “rewind” button that could take us back to a particular moment in time–not for the sake of reliving it, but for the sake of changing it. We may wish to return to the moment we said or did the wrong thing; we may…