Reviews

The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensable Compendium of Myth and Magic by Allan Maurer, P. Andrew Miller, Terry Brooks, Renee Wright, Michael J. Varbola, Sherrilyn Kenyon, David H. Borcherding, Daniel A. Clark

sylvane_spectre's review

informative inspiring

5.0

thomasroche's review

3.0

I didn't find this as helpful as I expected. I've found other Writers' Digest guides much more helpful for writing, and other non-Writers' guides (eg, nonfiction magic and mythology books) much more helpful for finding fantastic inspiration. This one felt like there were some interesting essays, but overall it didn't get me charged up to go write fantasy.

wesleymccraw's review

2.0

This needs a large update and expansion to be much help.

galadhir's review

3.0

Not much good unless you're doing generic sword and sorcery. It's more a 'how to bluff your way around the pseudo-middle ages' book. I have now given it away as I don't think I'll use it.