Recent content by Scott

You could make it that the homunculi need to be catalyzed while still in the cauldron. So, the creator has to put magic into the brew and whatever spell they use is the spell that the homunculus can recreate...

I think it depends on teh needs of the story. Not killing a character because you like them can be a bad idea, and I know from experience. In my sci-fi/fantasy series, "The Bygone Wars" I have 6 POV character, with 2 who are more important than the others. One of them doesn't care about anyone...

I like the idea. And there are strong motivations built in... If the government is run by the church, then they control the magic and they have all the power. If people can suddenly use a telephone to call someone on the other side of the country then they can organise unions and rallies...

I have a series that is like that is similar. Portals are opened between modern Earth and a group of worlds that are now "fantasy" worlds with magical appearing items that are explained by science. There are elves, dwarves, halflings, trolls, etc that are races genetically engineered tens of...

Try reading Sword of Kaigen by Miracle Wang. It just won the Self Published Fantasy Blog Off. That has a type of ice magic. Great book.

I think humor in a dark story works best if it comes from the characters, not the narration. Have t\hem making jokes, coming up with gallows humor, stuff like that, because there will always be people like that in real life.

I'm new here too but... I love fantasy and science fiction mixed together. The 'Man Rides Through' series (or is that one of the books, I can't remember) by Stephen Donaldson has a man in power armour in a fantasy civilisation.. And 'Snare' by Katherine Kerr (I think). The Pern books by Anne...

I agree with ThinkerX. I'm writing a web of interconnected stories set in multiple universes. (Well, a lot of what I write will be interconnected -- I'm not going to force things). The links may not huge things. One book has crystal balls that are used as navigation computers. And another story...

If you want to lean about swords, and there is a lot to learn try some of the videos done by this guy... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgu16GSBdiE&feature=em-subs_digest A lot of interesting and helpful stuff. Scott