Recent content by Artemadoris

I suppose anything worthwhile like a dream is made nearly impossible to attain because otherwise, everyone would be a success story. I draw a similarity to the free-market economy—in the game of business, there are winners and there are losers. The economy simply can't afford a nation of...

I have struggled with how much emphasis to put on the gods—they are an important part of the story and their actions set in motion many of the conflicts of the main mortal characters. One solution I have entertained is putting the back story in a prologue to establish the gods,the ancestry, and...

Simplifying my plot has been a struggle for me. I always feel like the floodgates of ideas are open, but getting them organized and into a manageable summary is a problem for me. The POV in the chronicle shifts between the gods of Éthor, Ealdwulf of Hedraèm (the forsaken kingdom), and Deorwyn...

I expect if it only took three days for power plants to fail, any technology would have a limited shelf life. There would be few ways to charge a cell phone and mobile device batteries; and even if you could find a gas generator and rig something up, the millions of servers throughout the world...

This reminds me of the camp horror movie, Slither in which victims become so hungry they eat raw human flesh. The reality of compulsive binge eating is as frightening as any horror movie and constitutes a severe and debilitating illness (research Prader-Willi Syndrome). In some severe cases–even...

How about The Cloaca, or The Culvert–both reference a liquid drainage system.

I wanted to get an idea of what others thought about my concept and preliminary story plan for the first book in the series–I had originally intended for it to be one book, but then it just got to be too long. Thanks everyone! The Tomes of Éthor Book One: Kingdom of the Two Sons...

Ah, I share your pain. For my story, I engaged in extensive research of early Anglo-Saxon culture, language structure, and mythology–it even spilled over into the influences of the Roman Empire before their departure. It became so labor intensive, I lost sight of my initial concept. It was 2...

Writing has been a hobby of mine for many years–mostly short stories in the fantasy, sci-fi, and humor genre–for my own enjoyment. I have been slowly shaping a broader idea for about a year now; it was one of those "hmm, that's an interesting thought" moments. It took root in my imagination and...