Agreed! As long as it makes sense. The question is if the names are nicknames, like "bucks" and "loonies," or if that's what the official term is. I got the sense that the OP was referring to the tree-branch-leaf system as the official names, designated by the issuing authority, or possibly...
Also, I like this excerpt from her bio (it occurred to me that her publishing habits are discoverable through a diligent enough google search):
"That's one of the nicest things about writing, all of a sudden nothing is wasted. Even one's failures are re-classified as raw material."
Here I...
Hi Ben -
Thank you for the recommendation! I have pulled up Ms. Bujold's page on Amazon, but I'm not sure which of her stories I should go with first. Any recommendations? I want to read something from the Vorkosigan series, per your glowing recommendation, but sometimes the first isn't always...
Hi Steer - (Mr. Pike? Steery Cutekitty? Sir Moderator?) -
I have added "Burning your Boats" to my Amazon list. I do like lush prose and dark themes, especially in short stories. Thank you for reading my mind on that last bit; I'll let you know how I like the book when it arrives! Please let me...
Another thought on this, from Underworld (yeah yeah, stay with me here . . .) - you can have the best of both worlds if you pick an existing, well covered race, such as werewolves. Then give them a specific origin story and a few unique characteristics, then call them something different, like...
There are plenty of people out there (myself included) who still love the classics! I like witches and elves and fairies in my stories because they are familiar to me, and we can jump straight to the meat of the story. It's fun seeing a new take on a classic - I think that's why Twilight did so...
I've worked in banking for ten years, plus I'm a journeyman moneyer in the SCA. In other words, I am a money nerd and am LOVING this thread! Thank you for posting this!
Here are my thoughts on naming currency in general and your question in particular. These are legitimate coins I assume...
Thank you for the fast reply, what a surprise! I came back to say that I just found the recommended reading thread, and now have quite a reading list. However, I'd still love to hear about member's favorite dark stories!
Good afternoon forum!
I decided to join because sometime in the last few months, I finally realized that I would never write anything if I never write anything.
In that vein, I have edited out many things in my life that I dream about less passionately: most crafts, trying to learn to cook...