Recent content by Faye

Interesting! I hadn’t thought about prologues in the sense of purely historical context. Which may sound silly, but I rarely read fiction with an editing eye. Great insight and well said.

I certainly agree with the trend that many authors shy away from prolouges recently. Though personally, I am not sure why. It seems to me that bad prologues are forgettable and good prolouges hook you in quicker. I would say having a good one is an asset but having a poor one isn't a huge...

Interesting! My world does not yet have a jungle in it. Though if it did, I image it would feel very South American in aesthetic. I love the visuals of ancient ruins and trinkets of gold and topaz. And bugs. One too many nature documentaries means I would propbaby include a plethora of...

"Spinning Silver" by Naomi Novik is an excellent example of the two extremes of ice magic. How it can be and deadly and unrelenting as a blizzard starving a whole town, or as gentle and beautiful as the first snowflakes of the season. Novik creates a whole "winter dimension" where she drives...

Are you familar with Microscope? It's an excellent tool for world building. Here is a post on it from another Mythic Scribes user. "Microscope" as a Worldbuilding Tool It's normally meant to be played with other humans but I have been doing it solo as a means of creating a general timeline for...

Maybe 10 years ago or so I had a dream that I was in the grocery store, at the checkout counter with one of my older brothers. He and I then were flipped into a alternate reality playing out while our "normal selves" were stuck in space and time. In the alternate reality, we were riding huge...

To take another twist on dwarves, my guy and I were recently playing a game of microscope (world buiding pen and paper game that I would highly recomend as a creative excercise) and he came up with an idea that the dwarves of our world would be very World of Warcraft-esk. Engineers basically...