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November 23, 2021

Fantasy Tropes – The Mentor

It’s been a long time since I talked about fantasy tropes! So much of my life revolves around research right now – and my…

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September 28, 2020

Fantasy Tropes – The Chosen One

The last couple of posts have been quite focused on my research side so, for this week, I thought I’d continue talking about fantasy…

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