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In that case, the word 'broom' could be a contentious point with them too: "It's not a 'broom'! It's an oaken spear haft bound with the finest of genisteae fibers!" Hell, maybe the fibers on the end are actually from a shrub called bike? Similar to how the broom shrub was used to make old...

My first thought when I read "bikers without bikes" was Flying broomsticks! ... No, really. Attach some handlebars, a seat cushion, some stirrups and saddlebags, and maybe a lamp and windshield in front, and viola! Magic biker thugs. They'd function like the speeder bikes from Star Wars, I...

Like slip.knox said, I don't think there is an ideal material like that in reality. Some may come close, but, if your world is a fantasy it might be for the best to invent your own. For instance, you could create a type of grass that is extremely difficult to cut with a slicing motion, meaning...

Thank you, that was the impression I was going for. I wanted them to be the kind of textbook that is published by pompous old scholars and wizards with long grey beards and tobacco stained fingers. People that actually know their stuff in-and-out, but certainly do not know how to pen a book that...

For the language issue you could try using a different type of quotation mark and mention the person is using a different language when it's first used. 「Such as traditional Chinese quotation marks.」 《Or maybe Chinese title marks?》 This way, after a little groundwork, you can immediately show...

As a fan of fancy book titles I wanted to reference or show several books that exist in-universe, but I'm not entirely sure how to present their titles in a way that doesn't look overly simplistic (or grammatically incorrect). So far the narration mentions a book title once when talking about a...

I was planning on something like that for another culture in the story. I mean, I can't really get away from 'Brother Hognot' and 'Brother Sermon', they're just too much fun.

Specifically from a Non-Christian religion. I'm thinking of religions similar to the ones practiced in ancient Greece and Rome. Would you (as a writer) just use Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, etc. or is there another title that can be applied? Is there any reference to what they were called...

I have never heard of such a term before, and the closest thing I could find was Dividual, Twindividual, and Syndividual on TvTropes I do remember a character with that trait in Pratchett's 'Hat Full of Sky', but I can't recall if he had a term for it or not.

I assume he would keep some sort of rank, unless he was hated. Especially if he were a noble prior to the marriage. If he were not a noble then they would likely have granted him a title beforehand, so maybe roll his title back to that one? If that doesn't sound right, then maybe look at how...

I usually end up with normal colours for human characters. Unless they have some magically or divinely induced oddity about them. For instance, one (human looking) character has white hair and gold coloured irises due to his species. He's supposed to hide them though, since the old emperor's...

I came across this on a blog and thought some folks might find it useful for brainstorming. Petty Gods (Revised & Expanded Edition) It is free and has a number of very interesting ideas for minor gods and their minions.

Any in particular?

Thank you, I'll see if I can find a place to buy the Thesaurus. I wasn't looking to find descriptive templates to follow. Just something that would help expand my vocabulary.

As the title says, I'm looking for a dictionary or compilation of written descriptions (preferably colorful in nature) of various textures, items, creatures, etc. Like, what are some other ways you could describe the smooth overlapping scales of one type of lizard, or the rough, rumply-bumply...