Perhaps my favorite race i ever created was an offshoot of the elves. Its like, if an angel had a kid with a demon and the combination was driven mad by its own improbability. They lived beneath the mountains for a time until they found the surface dwellers and found an insatiable hunger. For...
I love movie soundtracks for writing. My favorites include the Gladiator soundtrack, Robin Hood (the new ridley scott one) Lord of the Rings, A Game of Thrones, Braveheart and Kingdom of Heaven
I hate how practically all the races in fantasy are just like humans in appearance. Dwarves are just short with lots of hair, elves fair with pointed ears... Everything looks human.