Fantasy Writing Discussions February 6, 2012

  • Creating an Original Expletive

    My main character is originally from the Underworld. It’s a YA book, so I try to keep to the mild curses and most of the time he just says…

  • OK to kill off main characters or not?

    I have a firm belief that for any new story it should combine the old cliches and new ones, such as the…

  • Favourite -type- of character?
    Favourite type of character?Feisty female lead, dark, brooding guy with a terrible past – seeking redemption, alien personality learning about…

  • The Religion that is not a Religion…
    I have this basic thesis in my head of one of my cultures being built around the concept of there being an accepted deity, but one who did two things…
  • Okay, here’s the idea.
    I have a story that’s not a story, or, more specifically, it’s sort of an anthology that’s not as all of the stories are written by me. There’s a…
  • Just a thread on epub price setting.
    Referring to the
    How to Publish an eBook – Publishing on Amazon…
  • expanding my Pen name
    Just looking for some input on my last name.Basic history for those that don’t know.

    SeverinR is Severin Rheinfelser in the SCA, but the last…

  • January Brick Cave Info
    So, being a small publishing house, I thought I would share some insights on how we are doing, because a lot of others have shared theirs and I have…
  • I don’t know what to name my antagonist race. >_
    In the story I’m trying to get started on, the initial antagonists are a parallel dimension version of humans that are somewhat reminiscent of…
  • Keeping the prisoners busy
    Looking for reasons to keep ‘lifers’ alive long term in a decidedly corrupt prison, rather than just hanging the lot of them. No one on the outside…
  • Modern Day Language in Fantasy Writing

    I have a question about modern day language use in a fantasy book. My book is going to be set in an 18th century fantasy world (think…

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