Tag Archives: fantasy

It’s Time to Start Your Adventure!

Posted on October 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

Dear blogger friends, and normal people: I’m in the midst of a week-long project. And so, in an effort to avoid creative overload, I’m taking a break from blogging. Meanwhile, have you read my epic fantasy novel The Wishing Map? … Continue reading →

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Imagination: Enter a World Without Limits

Posted on August 15, 2025 by mitchteemley

Imagination shows us beautiful, whimsical, absurd, and sometimes disturbing things that exist only in our minds. It allows us to escape from the world as it is. And then, upon returning, to make it better. Click on any image to enlarge … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Begin Your Adventure

Posted on July 30, 2025 by mitchteemley

Dear blogger friends, I pre-scheduled this post because, as you read this, I’m recovering from a medical procedure. So, unfortunately I won’t be able to respond to your comments until later in the week. Meanwhile, have you read my epic fantasy novel … Continue reading →

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Here’s Why We’re Fascinated by Robots

Posted on July 19, 2025 by mitchteemley

The idea of creating imitations of ourselves has always fascinated us humans. In Greek mythology, the sculptor Pygmalion brought his statue Galatea to life. Ancient Chinese scholar Daoxuan spoke of creating “metallic people” to weep when the Buddha died. The … Continue reading →

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Here’s Why Fairies and Fairytales Matter

Posted on May 30, 2025 by mitchteemley

People have always dreamed of fantastical creatures, terrifying and gentle, hideous and beautiful. But especially of fairies. Why? Because they’re the ones most like us. Fairies can be good or bad, kind or selfish, pure or besmirched. Just like us. … Continue reading →

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Escaping to Real Life Fairytale Places

Posted on March 7, 2025 by mitchteemley

Every year around this time, I start planning holiday getaways (or plan to plan them, anyway). But having cut my literary teeth on fantasies, it’s fairytale settings I dream of escaping to, or even making my new home. Say, a … Continue reading →

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There’s Magic in the World!

Posted on January 4, 2025 by mitchteemley

How The Wishing Map Came to Be Just in time for Christmas, I finished revising the epic fantasy I originally created for The Walt Disney Company. And now you can read the entire novel here at The Power of Story … Continue reading →

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In the Company of Friends

Posted on December 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Artem Podrez “It is always best to face monsters in the company of friends.” ~The Wishing Map φ Note: The above quote is from the final episode of The Wishing Map. To read this epic fantasy from the … Continue reading →

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Heading Into the Unknown…Again

Posted on December 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Oleksandra Bardash The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode click here. To read it from the start, click here. Gina, Zack, and B’frona had vanquished Gina’s monstrous Questing Beast. Now, wary of … Continue reading →

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There’s Magic in the World!

Posted on December 21, 2024 by mitchteemley

There’s magic in the world and it’s waiting to be found! The Wishing Map will return next Saturday, December 28th, for its final episode! Now’s the perfect time to learn more about this epic fantasy, or to begin reading it. Click … Continue reading →

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