Leonide Martin

Cross-Genre Writing and Visionary Fiction by Leonide Martin
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Cross-Genre Writing and Visionary Fiction by Leonide Martin

Lately I’ve been thinking about the overlaps between historical fiction (my main genre), fantasy, Visionary Fiction, and metaphysical. There is a new term emerging in publishing that describes such overlaps as cross-genre writing or genre-blending. All three of the genres I mentioned are present in the stories I write about ancient Mayas, whose culture blended…

Writing Visionary Fiction Within an Historical Setting
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Writing Visionary Fiction Within an Historical Setting

Guest Post by author Leonide Martin Authors of Visionary Fiction encounter a special challenge when their stories take place in historical settings.  Each historic period shapes its cultures through a combination of forces, from evolution to technology and climate.  Within cultures, the unique chronicle of events, resources, worldview, and spirituality become defining forces. When cultures…