Recent content by Mireille

I am writing a lot of food moments right now, but in my curent novel the main charaters run out of food near the end. Mostly it's fimilar foods. My MC is a coffee addict.

A quick look would suggest that the polish and Hungarian royalty are following general European trends with more fur to accommodate the climate. In the 15th century, the trend setters were Burgundy and France. When searching, it helps to give a specific date along with location, not that a...

Yes I would be happy to have alook. it is summer holidays and I have kids so I might be a bit slow replying.

The premise of the story is my protagonists get stuck in the royal vault when the old king dies. One of them is the son of the old king and uses magic for almost everything. The other one is the royal archivist and despite being reasonably gifted, almost never uses magic because of social...

How do I talk about a magic system where society has created a classification system without it sounding like a game or D&D campaign? My novel is a contemporary fantasy where the ability to use wild magic is a genetic trait accessible from birth (sort of like Jack Jack from the Incredibles)...

This sounds like a well devloped society.

You know it's bad whey you can identify the source material. Larry and Bob are origonally form Vegie Tails where Larry is a tomato and Bob is a cucumber.

This place sound like the Indian subcontinent. Coton takes dye very well, so lost of vibrant colours. What are your society’s views on sexuality? as far as I am aware, a lot of cultures in the subtopic region had a shirt optional policy for all. Acient Egypt was spinning very fine linen, so...

I don’t think I understand your question. A lot of stories have mystic and magical sources of water that attract pilgrims and tourist creating associated support structures. Seeking them out can be part of a charter’s growth for both good or evil. The fantasy aspect is what the waters can do...

I work in the exams office in a school. I couldn’t do my job well if I couldn’t daydream. 2 hours in silence, watching students’ stress requires an active inner world.

Noteworthy architecture or novelties like theaters and music halls or things like sports competitions, things that only a sizeable city would have the info structure to support. Another option would be a natural phenomenon like hot springs with healing properties that have had a town grow up...

I am kind of addicted to graph paper and like to draw a rough map so I can pin important places with a general feel for whatever district they are in. Names, on the other hand, are the bane of my exitance having been blessed with a name that fits fantasy better than reality.

Wright about a magic school. every person's school experance is diffrent and is something we all have in common. Hogwarts is only one very spicific expression of school.

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I tend to use descriptions of clothing in character descriptions. "Anne was a slight, pale, freckled kid barely in a woman’s body. Her wool kirtle too tight for her growing form showed off her new curves, the hem halfway to her knees." When a stiuation draws attention to the clothes. "The...