Recent content by mjmonarch

Several are out there. There is something I find so fascinating about them. The difficulty I think lies in establishing an emotion or trait that the reader relates too, but the character must act out in ways we would be disagree with. It seems it maybe it is related with the attachment we as...

I wis I could add to this. My wife captured me in high school fifteen years ago and has since only let me out of the basment to work or play with the kids. I have long forgotten what dating is like.

"Allows for anything and everything to be a part of our imagination. Whether it is truly real is only known to the one that lets it live and breath within thier own mind. The beauty, however, is that there are no rules, only boundaries and even those can be pushed to a degree. Fascinating is the...

Actions scenes are my favorite part of any reading. I think its where it depends on what the readers enjoy, characters, scenery, blood, bones, pain then death. For some reason I prefer the latter four. Alot depends on how the reader visualizes. Alot depends on how the reader thinks (Man vs...

Google. I would be lost without Google. I even bought Google T-shirts to wear around the house. Google has changed the world in ways similar to electricity. No, I am not an employee of Google.

I think it depends on how central they are to the story. The underlying battle may be simply a proxy between the forces of good vs. evil. Very prevalent in contemporary western religions today. However, if the world you're creating requires them to have/be/control part of the story then they...

#9 Like having character last as well, though not necessarily indestructible. Love action, action and more action. Let's put Michael Bay to shame.

Book one was no problem. Flew through it 350 pages in 3 months at night and weekends. Set up for book two great, except the story is getting complicated. Ancient magic, so people have it...good and bad, some in between. Two characters bleed back and forth from bad to good. One is good. One...