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I've used this site before: Fantasy Name Generator And this one: Serendipity They're both name generators. I also hit up my favorite etymology site Online Etymology Dictionary and work my way backward from a common object name to something in the original Old French, Old English or Latin, then...

Thanks Joe! May I continue to use electronic devices during take off? :)

All. The. Time. In fact that is one of my biggest problems in my own writing and one of the reasons I joined the community for help. I stop early and often with every damn thing I write. It's chronic and I need to get it under control. Most of the reason in the past (I think), had to do with...

I've eyed the ProFantasy software for a while. They've got overland, cities, dungeons, etc., etc. Originally designed for RPGing, but I've heard other people (writers) use it as well.

I've tried twice to use Scrivener and something about it doesn't click with me. Maybe I'm fighting the UI too much, and the tutorial is a beast. I like Google Docs for portability, but in general any word processor will work for me. I might give yWriter a try though, as I'm a sucker for new toys.

So many things - right now at the top of my stack are Diana Wynne Jones "The Tough Guide to Fantasyland" which I've always meant to read, but never got around to it. It is just fantastic about skewering tropes left and right. What a great book and a wonderful writer she was (just finished Howl's...

Hey Everybody! What a strange gap I have in my join date and introduction post - I remember finding this site in '12, and then subsequently got derailed by life and forgot about it until I saw someone mention it on twitter. Thinking to myself, hey that sounds like a interesting community, I...