I love it all. I'm a very visual person, but I've never gotten good at drawing at all, so it's kind of frustrating when I have my own ideas, but fantastic when I see someone else's. I love the centipede creatures at the end of the first book. When I saw that there was more than one, I envisioned...
If you're going more for Australia's climate, I'd put the elves in Canberra region (northern subtropical), but that's partially because I put my own elves in a Carolinas/Georgia climate and made them, well, not your typical elvish culture. Basically, elves and dwarves are a pretty good fantasy...
In case anyone's interested in an update (and even if you're not :-P), I've finished my novel, which I'm calling Wrath of the Fallen (and yes, this is the one I was considering naming The Song of the Tiger), and I just sent my first query letter to an agent. My grandmother insisted that I needed...
Ah, thank you, and actually, the "disturbing truth" actually is revealed in the first third of the book. The climax is a bit more tumultuous than that. I've added a little info on my influences, but I'm not sure if it's helpful:
I'm getting ready to send out a query letter, but I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. Since I can't afford to have someone review it on a paid site, would someone here mind helping me out with this? I'd like to say what it's like, but it's not quite as severe as GRRM, but it's also not quite...
Hm, those are interesting titles, but I'm not sure.
Also, I have already done a lot of editing. What happened is that I was on my intended final read-through when I realized a few plot-holes that needed filling in, and that's what I'm working on right now. I should also explain that this is the...
The Veil itself is somewhat minor, unfortunately. There is one scene where a character goes into it, but it's more referenced in dialogue referring to the breaking of it.
[Edit: Veil of Shadows is also already being used.]
I'm about 2,000 words away from finishing my novel, which I plan on submitting to agents for traditional publication. Now, I realize that publishers have the final say in what a book is titled, but I still want to make sure I have a title that stands out. Originally, I had been calling it Escape...
Mindfire, I looked it up, and you're right. Ben Kingsley's father was a Gujarati Indian who moved to England. He's pretty much the go-to guy for non-English characters: Gandhi, Moses, Pharaoh, and others that I can't remember. Also, I think it is more to avoid offending the Chinese. The idea of...
Thank you everyone, and thanks especially aelowan. Sometimes, I think I also have some kind of dissociative disorder, as well, and other times, I'm convinced of it. After all, it's okay if you talk to yourself. You might have problems if you answer. If a third party butts in and tells the other...