So, I've been thinking about how to organize this blog - now that I'm actually getting things underway, it seems past time to address this. I was thinking of mixing in editorial posts with regular (or semi-regular) features, something to add cohesion to this little venture of mine. My thoughts?
The Mytholarium - A section spotlighting various creatures and beings of the fantasy world, from cultures around the globe. I love research, and my giant Compendium of World Mythology, so this one I think would be fun.
Character of the Week - A section where I give a call-out and short biography for one character from a fantasy book, film, or other enterprise. I look at this as an opportunity to give the nod to the writers, filmmakers, and other fantasy entrepreneurs who take the time to give their characters depth.
Races, Places, and Faces - I'd like to make this a feature covering different aspects of my own novel, The Perfect Blade, and my fantasy worldscape of Meridia. This one would be completely self-serving, I admit it, but after all part of the reason I'm running this blog is to start sounding out ideas for my work.
Book/Movie reviews - This one is self-explanatory. I'm not going to lie though, I'm much more of a reader than a movie or TV watcher, so this is probably going to involve far more book reviews than anything else.
The Muse's Corner - I'd like to make this a section where I can feature fantasy art, I suppose poetry or other creative forms too if I come across them. I have a gallery over at DeviantArt.com, and I think there are a lot of wonderful artists there and else where on the web who deserve the attention.
The Latrine List - Now, as much fun as this would be, I'm really hesitant about it... In theory, this would be a place to highlight the worst of the worst in fantasy, and if you're even a little familiar with the genre you'll know there's plenty of muck to go around. However, the reason I'm a little reluctant is because I want to publish myself one day, and it seems like shoveling the proverbial nightsoil on people who will (hopefully) one day be my peers seems like something that could come back and bite me. But then again...some of the books out there really are terrible, and wanting to share the field with the author doesn't mean I want to pretend that I think he/she is a good writer. Gah, I'm really on the fence about this one.
So, those are mjy ideas for regular feature sections. If anyone has thoughts, suggestions, comments, or criticisms please feel free to share - I want Beyond the Far Horizon to be a dynamic project and I'm looking for sincere input!
~BlueNephelim Out
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