Recent content by Jaredonian

To be fair, with your close friends and family, expecting some form of support is reasonable. My post was more about more distant friends and relatives. I would say however that if you want these people to support you by buying your book, you really do need to communicate that to them in some...

I found the end to the Mistborn trilogy to be one of the most satisfying I've read in a long time.

In my opinion, you're looking at things the wrong way. You even mentioned yourself that you know expecting these people to buy the book is unreasonable. Instead of feeling disappointed that people who might not have read or enjoyed your book didn't buy it, you should try to focus on the...

One of the unfortunate things about writing a depressed character is that the symptoms of some different illnesses don't necessarily make for a very pro-active character, as you seem to have discovered already (which isn't to say it hasn't been done well before). Reluctance to do even simple...

I usually have more in depth histories for my characters depending on how important they are to my story. However for the most part I like to discovery write my characters, because I'm often coming up with interesting ideas for their past as I write. I don't really see many cons coming out of...

Greetings from a fellow Canadian, Crash. Hope you find these forums useful.

In the example you mentioned there John, I think you would be able to make it work if you made the character know deep down that he was not helping her because of cowardice (perhaps the person running the brothel is a well known and dangerous criminal), and that he was just using his excuse to...

I think how important the disease is in your story could also affect your choice of terms. If its not going to take a central role, plague would probably work well. If its going to be an important aspect of the book, though, I think it'd be better to go with your created name.

Its not incorrect. Plague and epidemic could both be used, but what I meant by my suggestion was that once you've made it clear in the readers mind that whatever you'd decided to call your disease is a plague/epidemic, you'll be able to use the name of the disease instead of those words in a...

One naming technique you could use would be to give it a name based on a characteristic of the disease. This works well if you try to find a name that evokes a squeamish response in people. For example, in my story, I have a disease called the 'shingles' by common folk, because of a skin...

I don't see anything immediately obvious, though maybe some others who know more can. You seem to have avoided one of the most common mistakes by having your rivers merging together near their sources rather than having them split off towards the end. I don't know as much about mountains, but...

Writing prompt: Take any one of these things and write its origin story. Some cool reads in there.

I was talking about GRRM. The books I hate to love.

I'm glad he finished wheel of time (still need to get the new book), because I just read the first stormlight archive book and loved it. Also, I'll link you all this other set of videos he did at Jordancon. Some of the stuff might be things he goes over in the write about dragons videos, but...

Hello and welcome. I'm a fan of a lot of dark fantasy as well (always wanted to read those Abercrombie books, might be my next thing to try). I think one of the important things in keeping dark and gritty stories enjoyable to read is to give your characters some breathers in between their...