Recent content by Epaminondas

I read a story like this years ago. I want to say it was Bram Stoker's; Dracula (though its been 20+ years so my memory may be off). Anyway I must have really liked it because I've toyed with the idea a couple of times over the years too but for whatever reason never really tried. To me it...

If my memory on geodes is correct they form when hot water gets trapped inside certain types of rock. The water dissolves minerals into ions trapped in the water making the cavity bigger. I suppose as long as the surrounding rock was the right type and more water is always trying to get in you...

Well, I've been working on something similar. It basically began, the concept that is, as a large-scale war story with 1 POV for each of the four countries/regions involved. Originally I envisioned it as four separate POV's that essentially all work as antagonists for each other but only come...

Hmm... Well, obviously I haven't actually read the scene but it sounds like it should have enough tension. It sounds to me like the tension comes from the moment when she's come this far to kill this guy, she's just getting ready to do so (perhaps this is a good time to get into why... then...

Lol, I like it. I can picture/hear the guy saying it in my head as I read it; that's a good sign.

I love those types of characters/groups too. I'm have two such groups in my WIP. One is an anti-mage group similar to what X Equestris described though magic is completely banned by international treaty in my world so the knightly order is sort of a UN type of force. The other one is very...

Not alternative history exactly in that I use my own world which is heavily inspired by ours but my WIP basically started by wondering what would have happened if the Byzantines had an Alexander the Great type leader who tried to reclaim the Western Roman Empire.

I may have overstated how much I did this because I don't want to make it sound like I do it all the time but looking back now I can really see some spots where it's obvious there's really nothing going on except what I would call baseline info. I wonder if the way I skip around in writing...

Lol! I must be slipping, I didn't put enough thought into the title. Yeah, I think y'all might be right. I've never really thought about how much time I spend leading in to a scene. If I minimize that and took the info that I wanted to get across and used it to break up thick dialogue blocks or...

I appreciate it! You touched on several things that I keep tripping over (scenes that feel like they're there just because I know I need one in that spot). I've been working on that very thing the last couple of days, combining some scenes and taking important elements from one and putting it...

Hey guys, I'm running into... not necessarily a problem but something I'm concerned about. I thought I might seek advice on it. So I write by scene as a general rule so that I can skip around in the story as I see fit. My WIP is my big project that has been stewing in the back of my mind for...

Triumvirate is what i keep coming up with as well but antagonist side is very Roman/Byzantine in design so im trying to stay away from latin with this group. Thank you though, maybe o should look for similar terms but with a French/Germanic root.

Hey guys, im hoping someone might be able to offer some advice. Ive been working on a religion that is generally devoted to a trio of deities. The three siblings are, according to the mythology, the children of the universes creator. The creator was, again according to the myth, killed by a...

If you want to know about the Roman Military I would recommend a book called "In the Name of Rome" by Adrian Goldsworthy. It pretty much walks you through every roman campaign that the historical records provide enough details to show. It also gives a pretty good breakdown about the...

My geology knowledge is decent but limited so I may be wrong but I really don't think that you can have two rivers coming from the same lake. If I remember correctly, if you have two outflow rivers from the same lake one of the two (the one with the softest soil) will erode away over time and...