Recent content by JD Sheridan

Just gonna throw this out there. During my Anthropology studies we covered the Navajo and their idea of "Two Spirits." Reading up on the topic could give you some great ideas to borrow or even expand upon. Technically the Navajo traditionally recognize four genders but the Two Spirits are often...

David Eddings' The Belgariad was what got me into fantasy back in middle school.

That's not a fantasy book dude.

right here: Hawaiian Names- A to Z, Meanings & More- BellyBallot One thing to keep in mind with Hawaiian, syllables are only one or two letters long. Ha-wa-ii. A-lo-ha. You can use that basic structure to create any name you really want.

That's some great advice. As far as Avun goes, after seeing the Latin word, I typed just Avun in just to see if it came up as anything. I got lucky with the fact that it actually meant something in another language. I've been leaning toward staying away from Latin names in general. I'll...

So my #WIP uses the formation of early Europe in the time immediately after the fall of the Western Roman Empire as for inspiration. At first, I wanted to avoid the use of "traditional" or "cliche" Roman names. Pretty much any male name that ends in -ius or -us, or female names ending in -ia...

Might I suggest studying a bit on the Japanese Shinto belief system? The spirits, or gods, are known as Kami and they are represented by almost everything in nature. The anime "Spirited Away," is an excellent footstep with great visualization of these beliefs.

You shouldn't need to explain it, however, if you have reasons for the tech differences in areas while worldbuilding, these end up finding their way into your writing anyhow. For instance, why would a civilization that is space faring use projectile/energy weapons on their space craft but...

I didn't leave much feedback lol. My only recommendation would be not to make the names too difficult to pronounce. Baaghnadee doesn't seem too bad for me, but then again I have a degree in Linguistic Anthropology so I'm use to pronouncing non-English words lol. Question though, did you have...

I highly recommend Baby name sites. Alvar showed up on the first site I tried, while it claims it is of English origin, it does give the meaning of "Elf Warrior." Fritjof did not show up on that site but when I used Google to find the name as well as Asmund, they both showed up on different...

Ever have any questions just hit me up. Ever consider how certain cultural norms or basic technologies in your world spread? Were they shared through diffusion or perhaps innovation? Why exactly did the German Christmas pickle become a popular tradition in the US? Was it even a German...

Hey there all, been a long time since I have taken part in any kind of forum. But then again, its also been a long time since I made room for writing. Thankfully life has settled down a little and I have taken the task of writing head on so far this year. Have a work in progress that I...