Recent content by Vita Numinous

I would definitely say to not be afraid of sex. It's natural, healthy, and we should treat it that way. That being said, there are places it belongs and places it does not belong. You would feel pretty odd about a tire-squealing car chase froced into a book about a gentle grandmother's...

I love everyone's advice on this difficult question! I normally sit back and do some detailed daydreaming (ain't being a writer great?) about exactly what is happening, in technical detail, in both emotional content and plot. Then, if it's a third person story, I choose which character's...

Thank you for the advice! Everything you mentioned will be looked into. I actually have an MRI today, and an appointment coming up in a couple weeks. We'll see how it goes.

If "The Great Gatsby" can do it, so can you. The main is just who you are seeing events through, and sometimes an outside source has a better perspective. Whichever character is able to do this well, and give their perspective in such a way as to show the story to its best advantage, is the...

Living in the U.S., I don't tend to associate the word gypsy with a racial slur, but I do know for certain that there are places where it really is. I could easily have tried the same thing in my writing, and come on the same problem. I might go ahead and make the "gypsy" culture very...

Hah! Well, perhaps if the pub is in a neighboring shire. Note; if you can still shout bawdy drinking songs, it's not exactly aerobic exercise. ; p

This is rough, but I'm glad you love him. That means that this char, when he does die, is going to be impacting. You want this. Your readers won't be shrugging and wondering why this vague person's death is making such big changes in the other characters. Instead, they'll be right there...

This sounds awesome. If you want help article writing or editing, let me know, I'd love to help. There is so many good ideas out there, maybe an article could be pieces from multiple people? I have enjoyed books on writing that include many differing voices, and that would mean that you only...

It's good to be back. Nothing noisesome noshed me, I was just being all busy and stressed. <grin> Missed you guys.

So, it's been a while since I've been around here. It is so awesome to see so many new faces. I took a hiatus for multiple reasons, but the main one was guilt. I wasn't writing at all. Checking into forums with all these nifty people talking about how much they're getting done, how they're...

That little pun was so delightfully painful I nearly digressed into archaic babbling in dead languages. ; ) Nice to meet you.

Welcome! : )

I adore A Song of Ice and Fire, and yeah, Game of Thrones coming out on HBO is based on the books. (What books are out... that we're not still waiting for... years later... but I digress...) It's an awesome series with plenty of fun intrigue, catching characters, and a really fun example of...

Energy from ritualistic sex is a fairly traditional idea, not so far out there as you might be fearing. In some cultures that is probably just because of the important fertility associations, and others it has a lot of energy because of it's taboo nature, so you can go either way. Fetishistic...

Sweet! Thank you for that.