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Derek Prior
Derek Prior

(Derek Prior, Fantasy Author)

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Dwarves in Fantasy and the Origins of the Nameless Dwarf

By Derek Prior | May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 by Derek Prior

Dwarves in fantasy may be dour, beer-swilling, gold-digging troglodytes, but there’s no doubt about their importance in myth and folklore. In the Prose Edda, four dwarves (Norori, Suori, Austri, and Vestri) hold up the sky, and there’s even some scholarly speculation that the little folk may have had a hand in the creation of the…

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Latest News: Nameless Dwarf, Shadrak, Shader, and new projects

By Derek Prior | January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 by Derek Prior

The Codex of Her Scars is finished and out with publishers. Hopefully it will be released this year. Here’s the blurb: Suffering is the door through which demons enter… On the Isle of Branikdür rival clans make perpetual war, manipulated by a cabal of sorcerers whose only real power is deception and sleight of hand. Tey…

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Audiobook Narration on ACX: Interview with Paul Woodson, Narrator of Carnifex

By Derek Prior | February 24, 2016 by Derek Prior

After reviewing the audio files for the audiobook version of Carnifex, I was so impressed with the narration that I invited Paul Woodson to talk about his background in theater, his approach to narration, and any advice he could give to narrators just starting out. The resultant Q&A is below: Tell us a bit about…

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Plot, Character, and World Building in Fantasy Fiction

By Derek Prior | January 27, 2016 by Derek Prior

PLOT: Some writers like to plan out plot in great detail and the make the characters perform the actions required by the plot. When I first started writing novels I did this and the result was two-dimensional characters whose sole purpose was to get the story from A to B. These days I know how…

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