Recent content by Tom_Bombadil

For clarification: the "Song" is something that manifests itself in different ways throughout the mage's life; sometimes as a string of musical notes that came from no explicable memory; sometimes an image that continually recurs sometimes in their imagination, sometimes in reality. It will...

A recurve bow is also what I was thinking. It has good range and is not as large as a longbow. Another choice would be the Composite Bow (Composite bow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) which was used in many ancient cultures to great effect: the Parthians, Ancient Egyptians, Ming Chinese...

@ArthurWalterson, same. I also listen to other movie soundtracks and some ambient indie music. Depends on the scene I'm writing.

This is a dialogue between my mentor character and my hero (an Apprentice) about the basis of Magic in the story world. I will post how the system works as soon as possible. In the meantime, discussion would be most welcome. “Magic is not a force to be manipulated. It has a will of its own...

Mae govannen, mellon. ;)

Each person has their own best environment for writing. Mine is either alone in my room without any noise and very little light or else sitting at my computer blaring film soundtracks and Two Steps From Hell music. But to each his own as has probably already been said.

Thank you @Ireth! I see you are also a Lord of the Rings fan from your greeting and your title. "Valar Lord." Nice. @teacup. Well,sorry about that. :( Did my "ring-a-dong-dillo's" annoy you? @Sia, A warm drink would be most welcome. Especially coffee. Or earl gray tea. @ecdavis, Good...

Hello everyone! I am Tom_Bombadil. I am a 16-y-old homeschooled writer. I have not yet written a full length novel but I enjoy writing short stories and inventing magical worlds. I love all of Tolkien's writing (as you might have guessed from my username) and consider him my literary role...