Recent content by John McNeil

I have 4 schools of magic. The mages are drawn from four nations. Three of the schools work together to train students and qualified mages are free to move about serving the public or carry out work required by the schools. They have a number of limitations put on their actions by the accords...

Case 1 - The earth gains a ring. This case arises when the debris will stay in orbit but not be pulled in by the gravity of the remaining moon. Every night is a little brighter. As the ring gets more evenly distributed, tides would become less severe and eventually die out. Check out this...

I can sympathise with you. I am writing about a Gaulish tribe that ended up founding a nation isolated from the world for 2000 years. Working out what names to give them, i.e. how their language might have evolved over that time is driving me crazy!

Someone will take offence at a polytheistic, monotheistic or secular society. The point is not to avoid offence but not to court it. As long as the culture you develop is believable, comes across as authentic and is not an obvious attempt to throw shade at an existing religion then you will be fine.

I have always been a voracious reader, but never a writer. My English teacher would certainly agree with that assessment. During the first lockdown, I was separated from my children by half the country so I wrote them a CYOA book with them as the main characters. It was simple but I enjoyed...