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Yes, exactly! I know it sounds funny when you put it like that; but imagine that this is a medical condition - a biological response. The way I've got them worked out, transforming at will would be something akin to a person with epilepsy having a seizure at will. They may eventually figure out...

Thanks for the suggestions! And sorry, I guess I should have provided a little more information! These lycans, I suppose you could call them, are somewhat unique in that their beast side slowly takes over their minds so that, after a while, even in human form they are completely evil. They end...

In my current book, I've created my own version of a werewolf. They transform into decidedly different types of creatures, and I've invented my own abilities and limitations for them; so they're werewolves except that everything is changed a little, if that makes sense. The one change I can't...

I don't worry too much about describing the exact shade of skin; I always imagine people can - and will - use their imaginations (I'm also into illustrating, and several illustrators I know have taken to drawing Harry Potter as black, because of how Rowling always contrasted Voldemort's "white"...

I feel like a lot of it depends on the language of the particular book, doesn't it? I mean, if it's written in a very lofty, flowery or old-fashioned style and the characters' speech is the same, I don't think that some modern curse words would fit any better than modern slang words like "Dude"...

Hah! That blood vessel one got me.

In response to the portion of the question, of whether it's important to include snippets of other languages or antiquated forms of your language, I just wanted to say...the one thing that always bothers me about made-up languages is that I very rarely have any idea how to pronounce them. Thus...

I think it is very common for writers to have too many ideas! For me, I always write down a summary of the story. I try to write out the entirety of my idea, in as much detail as I have at the time, which may take anywhere from one to eight pages. Occasionally I'll even include a snippet of...