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Writing Fiction that Makes Readers Wise & Brave with G.M. (Mark) Baker

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Jan 31 • Dominic de Souza

5 Essentials Skills Every Fiction Writer NEEDS

Let’s talk about the 5 essential skills: writing, habits, self-awareness, time boundaries, and sleep—motivation is the least reliable tool in the box.

Jan 27 • Dominic de Souza

Flash Fiction Challenge: Write 1000 words in 3 days for a chance to enter | For LegendFiction Members!

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Jan 17 • Dominic de Souza

A Gorgon Assassin?? Through a Spyglass Darkly - Book Launch with Scott Huggins

Myth, Marriage, and Murder: A New Epic Fantasy World

Jan 16 • Dominic de Souza

Graffiti, Bridges, and Dream-Hunters: Sigils Book Launch with Sam Robb

How a Pittsburgh writer turned alleyway markings into an urban fantasy

Jan 16 • Dominic de Souza and Sam Robb

Badges, Battles, and Free Anthologies: 9 New Upgrades to Legend Fiction for 2026!

The Writing Community That Runs on Games, Streaks, and Story Worlds

Jan 11 • Dominic de Souza

When Your Imagination Runs Out of Steam, and Your Best Novel Idea Starts Feeling Like A Burden

You Still Believe In The Idea. You’re Tired Of The Process

Jan 9 • Dominic de Souza

Mental Floss for Authors? Writers admit the small habits that made writing possible in 2025

Featuring coffee, habits, prayer, playlists, and the relentless return to the page

Jan 8 • Dominic de Souza

What a Short Story Is: Simple Rules & When to Follow Them

A short story is a self-contained story where a character wants something badly enough to act, faces one main problem, and delivers the promised outcome…

Dec 19, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

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Badges, Battles, and Free Anthologies: 9 New Upgrades to Legend Fiction for 2026!

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Jan 11 • Dominic de Souza

Recap: 30 Days to 30K Words: Inside LegendFiction’s First Writing Month Challenge!

A Sci-Fi Novella, Grief Scenes, 6AM Sprints: The Real Stories Behind the 30 Days to 30K Challenge

Dec 8, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Open Calls: New Anthologies! Seeking Cool Storytellers to join LegendFiction & Write Stories

5 new anthologies (so far) are looking for your stories! These are special projects for our members and legend authors. Join us!

Dec 2, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Breaking news: Skeptics converted! LegendHaven is officially the friendliest con, Event Recap (+ Sneak Peak for Next Con!)

Find out what people had to say about the weekend, the exciting projects they plan on tackling next, and what we can improve

Oct 26, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

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Anna Pawlusiak: The Girl Who Studied Harry Potter Like a Textbook (and Accidentally Became an Author)

Ever wonder what happens when a perfectionist teen falls in love with storytelling and never stops?

Oct 15, 2025 • Gianna Weissensel

Battling Dragons, Pinterest, and Demons: One Author’s Quest to Write Their Epic

Celeben Arinya's story about faith, fandom, and the stubborn hope that good books can still change the world.

Sep 13, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

“Keep Writing Forever”: How Paula Luther Beat Burnout and Found Her Spark Again

Paula Luther spills how homeschooling discipline, stubborn independence, and a teenage pep talk shaped her writing life.

Sep 6, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

How a scrappy NaNoWriMo elf tale started a lifelong writing journey

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Aug 30, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Opinion: Shower Thoughts and Story Rants

When Your Imagination Runs Out of Steam, and Your Best Novel Idea Starts Feeling Like A Burden

You Still Believe In The Idea. You’re Tired Of The Process

Jan 9 • Dominic de Souza

You and Dreaming: Travels through the Frontiers of the Perilous Realm?

Here's why sleep isn’t merely rest, and your dreams are part of your storytelling kit

Sep 20, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

The Perilous Realm & Your Imagination

On Tolkien’s Perilous Realm of Faerie, Corbin’s imaginal world, and why this matters for storytellers.

Sep 17, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

5 Imagination Workouts That Beat Writer’s Block Before It Starts

Ready to build Mental Stamina the Fun Way? Try these Daily Imagination Workouts for Writers & Readers

Sep 16, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

A Wilderness of Dragons: 40 Dragon Sightings, from Quetzalcoatl to St. George: Dragons are older than the Bible, bigger than Tolkien, and…

Plus the Real Reason LegendFiction Uses Dragons Everywhere

Sep 8, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

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Quilldrake: A New Gift for You! 12 Stories from LegendFiction Authors

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Jan 31

Ready to Write Among Legends? Our idea for Europe Writing Retreats with Fr Roderick Vonhögen

We've got an epic idea, and want to know what you think! Want to pack your pen and your passport for a pilgrimage for storytellers across the…

Oct 16, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Legends & Worlds: An epic online retreat for busy people to play life better

It’s your life. Let’s play it better!

Oct 16, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

The 6-Week Mastermind for Authors with a Novel & no Audience to Become an Author People Want to Follow!

Legend Hearth from LegendFiction helps you start your blog, launch your email list, and build a habit of sharing your voice online (and keep writing!)

Oct 16, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

New: The LegendFiction Mastermind for Storytellers with an Inkling of an Idea

Tolkien had the Inklings. You’ve got us! A private society for storytellers who actually want to finish their books (and absolutely love the process…

Oct 13, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

LegendFiction Writing Month: This November, join us for 30 Days to 30K Words (Think NaNoWriMo)

Missing the annual November adventure? Us too. So here's the LegendFiction Writing Month coming to an app near you. All free.

Oct 11, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

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May 16, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Is Corporate America Killing Fantasy? Hilary Layne on The Hidden Formula That's Been Ruining Fantasy Stories Since the 70s

Jun 9, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Answering the Biggest AI Objections (and Fallacies) Authors Are Falling For

May 24, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

What’s Next in Fantasy: Trends Every Author Should Know

Oct 23, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Announcing the New LegendFiction Season (& Anthology)—The Cocoa Café Chronicles

Dec 26, 2024 • Gabriella Batel

LegendHaven: The Friendliest Fiction Con in the Galaxy!

Magic, Myths, and the Making of Heroes: Writers Debate the Future of Magic and Superpowers at LegendHaven 2025

Writers unpack why modern audiences still hunger for wizards, mutants, and masked crusader

Oct 25, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Gaming For Good: Panelists Explore How Games Can Build Character, Community, And Faith

How Storytelling in Games Makes Us Better Creators

Oct 24, 2025

What’s Next in Fantasy: Trends Every Author Should Know

LegendHaven Panelists explore how fantasy fiction mirrors a changing world, from the romantasy boom to the rebirth of Arthurian codes.

Oct 23, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Faith & Fantasy: Star Wars, Vampires, & When Prayer Meets Plot | LegendHaven 2025 Con Replay

At LegendHaven, Catholic authors and storytellers share how dragons, hobbits, and holy mysteries connect and collide

Oct 22, 2025

Star Wars Vs. Star Trek: The Galactic Debate That Refuses To Die

Writers and fans spar over meaning, myth, and the magic that keeps both universes alive.

Oct 21, 2025

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Arclight Hollows: 6 Stories set in the World of LegendHaven itself, by LegendFiction Authors

LegendHaven is more than a con, it's a world, and these adventures bring it to life. Get it free as our gift to you when you buy a weekend pass to our…

Oct 9, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Thrill Runners: 10 Near-Future, Fast-Paced Short Stories from LegendFiction Authors

Covert Teens on Artifact Rescue Missions around the world

Oct 2, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Free Ebook: Shards of Wonder from LegendFiction Authors

A sampler of 6 epic short stories from LegendFiction authors, free when you subscribe!

Sep 27, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

'Echoes of Avalon:' 10 tales of chivalry & shadow in the perilous realms of the Arthuriad

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Jul 16, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

The Cocoa Cafe Chronicles: 10 Sip-Sized Stories of Magic, Mayhem, and Cocoa from LegendFiction Authors

Cozy up! A Piping-Hot New Anthology from the Starstriking Authors of LegendFiction

Apr 30, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

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A Gorgon Assassin?? Through a Spyglass Darkly - Book Launch with Scott Huggins

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Graffiti, Bridges, and Dream-Hunters: Sigils Book Launch with Sam Robb

How a Pittsburgh writer turned alleyway markings into an urban fantasy

Jan 16 • Dominic de Souza and Sam Robb

Jacqueline Lucca goes INDIE with HEART - YA Zombie Novel (2026)

This English Teacher’s Zombie Book Started With Dracula because She Studied Monsters for a Summer

Nov 15, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Daily Writing, AI, & the Fulltime Indie Author Grind with Keith Hayden

From Military Life to Sci-Fi Horror: Keith Went to Author Nation and Realized He Was Way Ahead

Nov 13, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

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What a Short Story Is: Simple Rules & When to Follow Them

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Dec 19, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

How to Write Book Reviews So Good, People Will Quote You Forever. Maybe. Probably.

The LegendFiction list of tips for readers who can't put a book down, and need you to know about it + sample review templates to follow!

Jun 13, 2025 • Dominic de Souza and Gabriella Batel

How to Profile Your Protagonist Like the FBI? 6 Character-Building Lessons for Authors (Plus Personal Reflections)

So, if you’re an average author, writing thrillers at 2am and hoping no one at the FBI is watching your search history… what if authors could learn more…

May 21, 2025 • Dominic de Souza

Why Authors Should Fire 'Captain Obvious' in their Fiction

Why you should trust your readers’ understanding of implications, allusions, subtext, previous experience, and even gut feelings.

Nov 30, 2024 • Gabriella Batel

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