Recent content by noob of the north

I definitely do this too and should just ban myself. :D I'm at another english writer's forum where things like that gets over-looked because there are members non-native to the english language, and we will make mistakes. In their workshop stuff like that will get comments of course, but in...

My worldbuilding starts with a very general idea of the world (like just "rural early 19th century village"). Along with that comes the character with their problem and they often sit in a rather small space in that world. So early on, the worldbuilding is mostly dictated by where the story and...

Hi Greg. I think the difference is mostly just the location and their culture (and that the writers are influenced by works in other genres from that culture). But because the British Victorian Era and the American Wild West(Western Steampunk) are two of the most common settings in steampunk...

Oh, fun! I usually don't make resolutions, because they're the first step towards complete failure and deep shame, but a writing resolution sounds a lot more appealing than the usual stuff. :) My writing resolution for 2018 is: to finally finish the editing of my last two novels. I have a habit...

I love the sound of turning fairy tales around, that always peeks my interest, and mixing that with a post-apocalyptic world and science fantasy... Gosh, I'd pick that up so fast in a book shop. O, and a high five on throwing in humor! I hope you have a lot of fun working on your High Fantasy...

O, cool, I have to look that up. Wow, 20 books! That's incredible, and I hope you'll have a lot of success with them. Yeah, I hear you about writing short. I tried it, but I don't enjoy it the same way as novels. Thanks for answering, and the best of luck with the chunky trilogy! :)

Oh, yeah, I can see why picking a genre would be hard for you, haha! Maybe it's an excellent opportunity to invent your own genres, because it sounds like they should have names. Super-interesting! I love the blending you have going, and I think genre boundaries are definitely there to be...

I find crime so hard to write, so you have my immediate respect here. Poetry is very cool, but I'm so uneducated in it. Charlotte Mew inspired me to write some fantasy stories though. Thank you so much for sharing. :)

That sounds incredible! Superheroes often have that epic feel to them, so what a cool blend. I can see that working very well. Thanks for sharing. :)

That sounds like so much fun to play in all of those genres. And you ventured into sci-fi, wow, I'm still too chicken to go there. And you're a fellow steampunk-writer, yay! Writing a steampunk novel, that was the most fun I've ever had with a novel. What kind of steampunk do you write? British...

Writing that includes special interests like that are always so much fun to read, that's the books one learns from. Thank you for the list of writers, this is perfect for the winter reading, and Hunters new book G-man definitely seems very interesting to me, I'll see if I can get hold that. :)

Amazon seems to need more funny and imaginative sub-genres for fantasy, like the Arthurian one. :) Thanks for sharing.

Yep, welcome to the wonderful maze of genres, heh. But I like it, I get a kick out of them, especially the cyberpunk subcategories and derivatives. Stitch-punk always makes me giggle, it's odd and kinda wonderful. Gosh, I don't think I ever heard of the Arthurian sub-category before, but that's...

Historical stuff are so much fun! Sorry, got excited there. But it is. :) Playing around is great. I'm all for that. And those universal elements, like you write about love, they can definitely be applied to so many different genres, like you talked about. Genres are like an amusement park...

I have to admit, I got a bit excited by the "pre-apocalyptic wuxia dreampop sci-fantasy." I love to hear about odd genres. :D Oh, the anti-epic, that can be a lot of fun. I always enjoy really down-to-earth characters too and I'm a sucker for when their personal goals are a bit selfish too. The...