Fantasy author, and person who is interested in writing… — Bio I’m a creative writer of fantasy, and have been writing novels and web-novels for a number of years. My first series was The Druid Stones Saga, a historical fantasy set in medieval Scotland and based around Celtic myths and legends. …

A reading guide and contents page — Dear readers: this is a guide to my web-novel, “Sorcerer, Level 1”. It is a fantasy gamelit web-novel, with a Dungeons & Dragons flavor! Contents page below. What is the novel about? It follows Alcar, a young man in a mythic fantasy city, and his dreams of becoming an adventurer. Despite an absence of any…

It’s time to help your readers! — I’ve been reading a lot of fiction on Medium recently. A lot. And as I said in a recent list of reading recommendations, I think that the state of fiction on Medium is very healthy (even if it remains much smaller than non-fiction). I’ve also been chatting to a lot…

Easy access to all of J.F. Danskin’s articles and resources — I’m a creative writer of LitRPG and historical fantasy. My articles are about the craft and process of creative writing, in particular, writing fantasy. It’s easy to lose track of 250+ blog posts… even when you wrote them yourself! I’ve been blogging here on Medium roughly once a day, and…

A fantasy gamelit web-novel — Hello readers. I’m still alive! For various reasons, haven’t published anything for a few days. But there is a lot more story to tell. This is part of a fantasy gamelit web-novel, with a Dungeons & Dragons flavor. The full title is “Sorcerer, Level 1”. …

A fantasy gamelit web-novel — This is part of a fantasy gamelit web-novel, with a Dungeons & Dragons flavor. The full title is “Sorcerer, Level 1”. Click here to begin at Chapter 1, or click here for the contents page! The four companions moved down to the road, Etienne still leading the pony, and they…

A fantasy gamelit web-novel — This is part of a fantasy gamelit web-novel, with a Dungeons & Dragons flavor. The full title is “Sorcerer, Level 1”. Click here to begin at Chapter 1, or click here for the contents page! “You gotta stop this cart, Etienne!” cried Alcar. Etienne was already moving towards the driver’s…

A fantasy gamelit web-novel — This is part of a fantasy gamelit web-novel, with a Dungeons & Dragons flavor. The full title is “Sorcerer, Level 1”. Click here to begin at Chapter 1, or click here for the contents page! Alcar looked up to see a huge wolf-like creature with a grinning armored goblin on…

A chapter of a ‘choose your own’ story — drabble edition. — This is a ‘choose your own’ fiction story, “drabble edition”. Head back to the previous instalment: ‘Breaking the Ice’ by John Fanidis, or ‘Trouble in the Team’ by JF Danskin. Or go back to Chap 1: “The Burned Village.” Find out how to contribute to the ongoing story here. “Fine,”…