{"id":13249,"date":"2012-04-25T06:30:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=13249"},"modified":"2012-04-24T21:32:18","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T09:32:18","slug":"last-stop-on-the-blog-tour-a-guest-post-joint-giveaway-with-kate-elliott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/last-stop-on-the-blog-tour-a-guest-post-joint-giveaway-with-kate-elliott\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Stop On The Blog Tour—A Guest Post & Joint Giveaway With Kate Elliott"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, we began the journey together a month ago, with publication of the Blog Tour Schedule<\/a> on 26 March.<\/p>\n

Now today is the last stop on the official Tour—but I’m finishing in grand style with a guest post with fellow epic fantasy author, Kate Elliott, on her home site I Make Up Worlds<\/strong><\/a>. (What a great blog name!)<\/p>\n

The post is titled “Building Fantastic Worlds: ‘It’s A Mystery'”<\/a> and begins:<\/h3>\n
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“Over the past few weeks, at various stops on The Gathering of the Lost<\/strong> blog tour, I have discussed a number of facets of the story, including environment<\/a>, war<\/a>, romance<\/a>, history<\/a>, adventure<\/a> and writing strong women<\/a> characters. Yet all these aspects could equally well apply to any writing genre, from contemporary realism to crime to historical fiction. The element that really distinguishes FSF, especially when a story departs from this-world-as-we-know-it, is world building.<\/em><\/p>\n

But how do compelling and intriguing worlds come about\u2014the ones where arguably the world is as much a character as any of the personalities that appear within the story …”<\/em><\/p>\n

To read the full post, click here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

But there is more—because this is the final stop on the Tour there is another joint giveaway to finish up in style. Full details are on Kate’s blog but basically there are two books sets available to be won:<\/p>\n