Recent content by nelldarcy

In my own explorations, I have been thinking about what it would mean, in practical terms, for the species to intermingle. For example, humans' mortality is only the beginning - they are also prone to disease, debilitating illnesses, and the wear and tear that comes from aging, physically and...

So true! When I can make myself do that, I usually get sucked in to whatever I'm working on.

I actually did, I have never been simultaneously so frustrated by a series I was reading and still felt like I wanted to keep going. I think I kept hoping poor Lucien was going to get his happy ending and ended up just getting more annoyed at the author's choices. I think she is great at writing...

I like stories where you get different characters' perspectives. I'm working on a tandem story right now where I'm writing the same plot events from two perspectives and it's fun to try to get at how their different points of view would impact how the scene is described. What I really can't...

That one scene from the Incredibles movie always pops into my head -- "You sly dog! You've got me monologuing!"

That's awesome! The "no end in sight" is certainly familiar. I'm realizing that I prioritize everything except my own personal projects. That will have to change!

Hey all, I'm Nell, I read and write science fiction, fantasy, and romantasy. The day job has really been burning me out lately and I feel like all my works in progress are inaccessible, like that part of my brain has been switched off. I'm hoping to spark some inspiration and get my momentum...

I read the series a few years ago and was honestly shocked at how many inconsistencies there were. Characters' personalities seemingly changing from one section of a book to the next, entire backstories rewritten or hand-waved away. Even the descriptions make no sense, like the character who...

We really enjoy audiobooks, especially with a great narrator. Ray Porter, for example, could make the dictionary riveting.

I have wondered if the "fair" and "foul" designations are Macbeth inspired. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair," "So foul and fair a day I have not seen..." I have always interpreted "foul" as corrupted, evil, using magic for dark and selfish purposes, themes Tolkien draws out when describing the...