Recent content by Konstanz

(Konstanz is a he. It's a German, male name. :P) 3 or perhaps 4 PM would be possible. I'd only have 1 hour though.

This would be perfect during normal years, however because I have exams in January, I'll be spending most of my Christmas Holiday studying and I can't study in the evening. The later it gets, the more concentration issues I have (which is kind of strange since I'm an evening person in general)...

No, I'm European (Belgium), so that won't be a problem!

I suggest the following: 1. Start next week. Also, I just want to share that I have exams in January, so the meeting(s) have to be in the evening and is preferably short until the exam period is over. I'll try to be there every time though. 2. How about we meet up over skype but share the...

I'd rather not use Facebook for personal reasons, it's not that I don't want to add strangers or anything, it's just that I prefer to keep my personal space and my writing separate. It helps me focus more on my writing. It'd be better if it was just a livejournal group or perhaps a google doc...

I like all of your ideas, but I have to say I might not be able to attend a weekly meeting (even during the weekends). It would depend on how long it is. I could probably make like half of them (if they were during the early evening) but due to the unstable quality of college life, I might have...

With the help of you guys, I managed to decide on a name. The god will be referred to as "Our Father" by its subjects. Only the highest ranking clergy will know the god's true name. But because none of my characters will be "high ranking clergymen", I don't have to decide on the name yet and I...

Well Sanderson does encourage the people in his class to take a fresh start and I'm willing to take that to the writing group. Assignments would be a great idea too - though in my opinion they should not just be exercises, they should be helpful. For instance, an assignment saying you should...

I was thinking of creating a writing group based on the concept of Brandon Sanderson's writing class. You're not required to watch any of his video colleges at all - but they could be a means to expand your knowledge. But what I would like to recreate are the writing groups (and system) he uses...

Maybe it would be a fun idea to set up a writing group like Sanderson explained in the lectures. We could use live-journal as well and give feedback on each other's writing and keep each other motivated. We could use the lectures to learn more about writing technique and to learn about the...

This has always been a huge problem for me. Naming gods is one of the things I'm really not good at. For regular people, I draw inspiration from existing languages. The people of the Thessaliker Reich usually have German names. However, when I'm trying to name a god, I can't do that. You can't...

The "Malus Darkblade" series from Dan Abnett (set in the Warhammer universe) is another fine example of a book with an evil protagonist. Even when compared to the other dark elves, Malus is one of the most loathsome, scheming, backstabbing bastards literature has ever seen. But as a reader, you...

When I was younger, I liked it. (Also, on a side-note, I read the Dutch translation then, so perhaps the translator mitigated some of the bad writing). I loved reading book 1-3 and I liked the story. But before book 4 came out, my taste in Fantasy became more mature and I started to like Dark...

I have a question about Joomla. How do you host the blog? Do you have to pay for a host or can you upload the codes/site made with Joomla to a (free) blog service such as Wordpress or Blogger? Or does the program supply hosting service as well (with site names like www.whatever.joomla.com)?

I have been toying around with the idea of creating a blog to share all my files of worldbuilding and the stories I write in those worlds. The thing is I can't find a good software to do so. I'd like it to be some sort of blog with different categories and tabs. I'd like it to be customizable in...