Yes, I was talking about the USA. Mainly the area centred on the Four Corners. I got hooked on the area reading Tony Hillerman's Crime Novels and...
I think whatever you don't know counts as obscure. Unfortunately for me, that is a lot of the world's history. When I write in pseudo European...
You leave the trapdoor open one time and the place is overrun by "Urban Adventurers"...
It was about now that the Transport Chief realised that it was time for an overhaul.
Picard and Data began to wonder if the Enterprise computer was developing a sense of humour when it suggested these disguises for a visit to the...
I'd always go with "less is more" when it comes to magic. Don't explain what you don't need to. I liked the way magic was dealt with in the...
RICE — Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation
I tend to start small and work out to the big stuff. The once I've got an idea of the whole thing, I work my way back down in scale. I usually...
Thank you for that [and yes I read it all] I have to say I love a morphine drip! I had stomach surgery a few years ago and was on morphine for 36...
It's not a new idea but I do like a weapon of destiny... In the Belgariad Books by David and Leigh Eddings, there is a great sword that can only...
Love it or hate it, that is the dialect in Derry-Londonderry. If you think its bad.... Look out for Rab C Nesbitt [MEDIA] Glaswegian at it's best.
Dragons spring to mind... But a creature can mean what you want it to mean...
Dichotomy?
I love the socialist/communist art of the 1920s and 30s and on in to the 50s and 60s with the Space race. They have a clear aesthetic and usually...
Yes, Fire can destroy bone... It has to be really hot. Big fire or Cremation Hot. Somewhere north of 1000C / 1800F. A charcoal fire would do it.
I can't see why anyone would fight a war of attrition with the dice loaded so heavily against them? Shock and awe would be the way to go. I think...
It is all in the writing. Few people complained that JK Rowling had used a private boarding school in her stories. Places that were a staple of...
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Set up the possibility earlier on... have a duck talk to a sparrow or a character listen to two dogs chatting... or something.
I know someone that lost an eye while walking through a wood at night. A twig/branch caught them just wrong and went straight to the back of the...
