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On languages: African Voices; an introduction to the languages and linguistics of Africa - edited by Vic Webb and Kembo-Sure On cultures and history: Perspectives on Africa; a reader in culture, history, & representation - edited by R. R. Grinker and C. B. Steiner Something slightly more...

I would, first off, avoid speaking of an African culture. Africa is a huge continent, larger than Europe, China and the US combined. It is kind of useless to speak of it as if it is a country with one unified culture. There is a huge difference between the north of the continent and sub-Saharan...

Not to good with names myself, but... I take it that Perry comes from the Greek pherrein? (As in meta-phore?) How 'bout something resembling Hermes or, if you're more into Roman names, Mercury?

Personal bias indeed. Yours is (almost) the exact reverse of mine, as the past tense affects me similarly to how you describe the present affecting you. It feels like the tense is there to convince me that this story has actually happened. Which distracts me - I notice it because I know it to be...

What would you say is the main difference in e/affect between past and present tense? I, for one, prefer present tense because a story written in the past tense is less able to pull me in. I would say that the past tense maintains a distance between the reader and the fiction.

Hiya, I'm new here. Dutch, so English is technically not my native tongue, though I did watch a lot of Cartoon Network when I was a kid. Too much perhaps. Anyway, getting to the point of this thread: I prefer to write in the present tense, but throughout my consuming-fantasy career I have...