I tend to read a lot of the 'free' advice all over the web, haven't actually read a set book, though I have bought some of Holly Lisle's ebooks on...
I guess I write because it brings me pleasure. Fantasy and books have always been a form of escape for me, so when I hit senior school and got...
I suppose I enjoy that flash and I love that the tattoos change in the American covers to reflect the changing story, for example the first book...
Cover art is a touchy subject of mine, but I think publishers appreciation for how it influences a new buyers decision is dying. Since most of...
I like dead tree books (as a lot of people have taken to calling them) there's nothing quite like the smell of a good library or second-hand book...
Not everybody will want to go into the spiritual deity road. And you are right about making it scientific, but rules and limit and laws doesn't...
I have had people tell me flat out that women should not write fantasy. Apparently women are more likely to turn it into a romance novel or go off...
Funny I think how those rules are presented can actually enrich a story or at least allow for the story to take place. After all if you're writing...
There is a questionnaire that I've seen around the internet that's fairly detailed and goes into everything you could possibly want to know about...
I can't say I have bought a book based on a trailer for it, but then book trailers aren't as popular this side of the pond. They're only really...
Coming up with names (of both people, places and things) is the hardest part I find. That being said, if I created a town, somehow got it...
I've often heard the rule, you can only have your readers suspend their disbelief at one major point in your world. In romance novels, I suspect...
We can count fine, but correct grammer is often illogical. (also love the debate on British vs American I have inadvertently started) For example...
Are these main characters going to be long lived? If they are then you can subtly change their views to change with the times you want to portray...
I don't recall them coming up (my memory is bad) Deities. Whether based on the old Earth myths or the author's very own. Necromancers
I think so. I just know that if they say second floor in America we say first floor. We go, ground up to first up to second, etc. I thought...
This may or may not be what you mean, but I always find the English Dictionary (Oxford or whatever the American standard is) nearby as well as a...
Thanks I figure that, but with some people *cough* trolls *cough* its always safer than sorry. Also I just feel that its appropriate that if you...
POV shifts can be interesting I think. In many ways it allows you to see characters in a way that you may not have understood yourself from just...
After reading the various posts on this I do feel a question I always have about proper spelling when on international forums. And one poster did...
