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A discussion on writing fantasy featuring Lucy Holland and Dan Coxon, focusing on magic systems and worldbuilding.

I'm delighted to be joined by bestselling fantasy authors Lucy Holland and Dan Coxon for an all-encompassing discussion on writing fantasy. Dan has curated and co-edited a brilliant new craft book called Writing The Magic, published by Dead Ink, and Lucy has contributed an excellent chapter on Ursula Le Guin's magic system in Earthsea. We delve into worldbuilding, creating magic systems, explore Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series and Michael Moorcock's stories, and discuss why we all love the genre so much. You're bound to learn something new! FANTASY WRITING BOOKS, CLASSES AND TOOLS ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheFantasyWritersToolshed ⁠⁠ JOIN OUR DISCORD COMMUNITY ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://mailchi.mp/395aa89d6ec0/join-richie-billings-community-of-writers⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ BUY WRITING THE MAGIC https://deadinkbooks.com/product/writing-the-magic/ ABOUT DAN COXON https://www.dancoxon.com/⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dan.coxon.author/ ABOUT LUCY HOLLAND https://lucyhounsom.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/silvanhistorian/ GET IN TOUCH thefantasywriterstoolshed@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.richiebilling.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ RESOURCES Discover more ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠writing tips⁠ and guides⁠⁠⁠⁠ here And learn more about ⁠⁠ writing fantasy⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠…

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Host: Richie Billing

Guests: Lucy Holland, Dan Coxon

Topics covered

• writing fantasy
• magic systems
• worldbuilding
• Ursula Le Guin
• Earthsea
• author interviews

Keywords

• fantasy writing
• magic systems
• worldbuilding
• Ursula Le Guin
• Earthsea
• Dan Coxon
• Lucy Holland
• Writing The Magic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dead Ink

Books & works: Earthsea, Writing The Magic, Ursula Le Guin, Michael Moorcock

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