Author Kristina W. Kelly is here today to entice your senses. Specifically your olfactory sense! Follow along in the Big Idea for her newest novel, Tavern Tale, as she introduces you to an aspect of magic you may have never previously considered.KRISTINA W. KELLY:People don’t often ask how magic smells. But that’s what I asked myself when I started imagining the world my MC, Divine lives in. The narrator or protagonist of fantasy novels will often explain how magic feels or what it looks like (it’s hot and it’s red because…fire). The narrative might talk about how the user focuses their energy or even what ingredients are needed like blood or metal. Maybe they exist, but I found that I couldn’t recall magic systems that had distinct sounds, tastes, or smells associated with their use. I went with the latter. What if magic had a scent?
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