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Briar Crawford
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📚 Fantasy Author | 🎨 Artist | 🏰 History Nerd

Unleashing magic, one action-packed tale at a time.
Tor is stepping back from focusing on SciFi and Fantasy to become a general pop culture magazine?

Why must you hurt me like this, Tor? Don’t we already have thousands of those? 💔

www.tor.com/2024/01/09/t...
January 9, 2024 at 3:24 PM
I like to create when I’m not feeling well, so I repainted a Dollarstore Halloween dragon skeleton to make the “bones” look a bit more real.

Now to decide how far I take this.🤔 Do I make a full museum style display complete with name plate? 😂
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#art #fantasy #dragon
January 7, 2024 at 3:51 PM
🏰Here’s one for history lovers who need a free book:

Berkeley Castle Tales Open Access Book

“Presents results of 15-year-long excavations and landscape research at Berkeley Castle. “

www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
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#medievalist #medieval #medievalists #history
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January 7, 2024 at 2:19 AM
My grandpa’s cookie jar somehow had its head broken in several spots, so I was tasked with repairing it with a request to “make it look better than it did.”

I did what I could, but honestly I think the original was nice too.
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#art #scottiedog #artist
December 13, 2023 at 11:33 PM
“Were Medieval Swords Springy”

Video Spoilers: Yes they were

(The video goes into evidence for the argument)

youtu.be/acIRBG0hHq8
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#medieval #swords #medievalists
Were MEDIEVAL SWORDS SPRINGY? Myth Busting! With evidence from @tested
Visit http://sterlingpacific.com/SCHOLA and use code 'SALLET' for $300 off!The myth that medieval sword blades were not springy seems to perpetuate some corn...
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December 6, 2023 at 8:51 PM
“Brian and Wendy Froud’s Faeries Is Getting a Television Adaptation Thanks to Jim Henson Company and Amazon”

👀

www.tor.com/2023/11/29/b...
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#FantasyNews #fantasy #faeries #fairies #fae
Brian and Wendy Froud’s Faeries Is Getting a Television Adaptation Thanks to Jim Henson Company an...
Brian and Wendy Froud, the designers who met while working on The Dark Crystal and went on to work with The Jim Henson Company on Labyrinth and, more recently, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, …
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December 6, 2023 at 8:45 PM
There’s some great advice here for setting the scene while writing

youtu.be/DVvwy9cA4ic
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#Writing #WritingFantasy #writingcommunity
December 4, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Deck Lights are prisms of glass that were inserted into the deck of a ship in order to provide lighting below. 💎

(🧵⬇ 1/2)
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#WritingFantasy #worldbuilding #WorldBuildingIdeas

Image source: insightsaboutlightandglass.com...
December 3, 2023 at 4:26 PM
I am not the most amazing artist, but I am trying to improve! Spending time drawing my characters also helps me to get to know them better.

This is concept art for Ballgare, and also for one of the creatures.
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#fantasyart #fantasyauthor #fantasywriter #WhereTheyLurk
December 3, 2023 at 12:39 AM
Hi, everyone! 👋 I just joined.

I am a writer, an artist, and a huge nerd of the fantasy genre; so you can likely expect me to ramble about those topics most. 🏰

To start, here is one of my drawings of a character of mine: Valerlanta.

#Introduction #writer #fantasywriter #fantasy
December 3, 2023 at 12:30 AM