Writing Wild with Verna McKinnon

  Author Interview On YouTube Just Dropped! Wonderful news! Ellizabeth O'Carroll of Gimme 5-Book Review and Author Interviews YouTube channel interviewed me about my books, life as an author, and other fun topics. Elizabeth was a joy to work with. We had such fun together and had so much in common. I look forward to talking with her again soon.  Check out the interview @   Verna McKinnon Author Interview Retro Book Reviews: Tanith Lee's Black Unicorn One thing that never goes out of style is a great novel. Black Unicorn is one of them. As I talked about Tanith Lee in my interview with Elizabeth O'Carroll, this novel came up. It is the first book of a trilogy, and is suitable for all ages. The pure fantasy and intriguing heroine of the tale, Tanquil, who does not relate to her self-absorbed sorceress mother, Jaive. Nor does she feel at home in her mother's magic saturated fortress. Industrious and always helping the servant's fix broken objects with great skill, on ...

  Fantasy Fiction & Lost Imagination? Fantasy has always been popular. It appeals to all age groups and genders. There are many forms of this genre. Old style pulp fantasy, to the gentler &more classic, (think Tolkien) to modern epic multi-book fantasy series (examples: Harry Potter & Brian Sanderson). Now this genre often does not get the respect it deserves. Some people think of fantasy or science fiction and automatically stigmatize it as bad writing. You know the type. As a happy nerdy girl, I gravitated toward fantasy and science fiction. Did I love the Bronte sisters and other forms of literature? Yes. I love good writing. I have a shrine to the Bronte sisters. I revel in Shakespeare & Dickens. I do not discriminate by genre. There have been many great tales of fantasy. When I was young, it was still in a creative heyday. The fantasy novels I discovered off the book racks were filled with bright imagination. But now, no matter how epic or exotic the tale, I fe...