The Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner and Lord of the Rings. I really can't choose between those two - they were the foundation for my passionate...
And as I recall Murasaki was pretty freaked out when she came of age and realized that Genji expected her to sleep with him, because for so many...
Very useful links, thanks guys:D Most of my writing seems to take the form of flash fiction and short stories these days, so I'm always on the...
As Konstanz said, the main thing is atmosphere, not detail. Get a feel for the kind of environment your characters are moving through - the smells...
Size isn't everything =P An organized group of diminutive but powerful magical beings could be dangerous indeed, especially if they're used to...
I'm usually busy juggling about five books at any given time, which has led to accusations of literary promiscuity :p At least two of those will...
Happy Birthday, Xanados! Having 'teen' at the end of your age excuses a load of crazy behavior - enjoy it :D
Heck, yes. Or anything that has anything to do with Yoko Kanno, really...^^
Just about anything from the 60s onwards, provided the lyrics are good and it's not too mainstream. Punk, new wave, metal, alternative, etc......
I think it's not the age of the character but the maturity of the writing itself that determines the audience. The way the story deals with issues...
How many cities? Erm...one?:p I don't really go in for world-building on a grand scale. Writing about a modern-day city riddled with faerie...
Agree with Scipio, if the character is important enough - and the funeral is interesting enough - then readers would care. Whether you make it a...
It's definitely on my list of 'things to do one day when I have obscene amounts of spare time'. I'd like to draw it myself and maybe collaborate...
My reaction was similar to Elder's. Epic quote :p Firstly, I can't be bothered with chapter titles because choosing them takes me longer than...
'Sparking' ideas is usually easy enough...taking a nebulous idea and setting it out as a logical draft is another matter >.> Usually it starts...
I tend to fall in love with a set of adjectives or metaphors and then have to stop myself from using them ad nauseaum - not through lack of...
I think it depends on how subtly you combine the styles of prose, poetry and script. To use them without disrupting the reader, one might have to...
A lot of my characters are battered, tarnished people whose moral landscapes are mostly painted in gray. Philosophically, I'm interested in...
I'm being finicky here, but I think it would look awesome if you tried downloading some free fonts rather than using ones every Windows user is...
Welcome to Scribes! The awesome thing about writing is that it's never too late to start - or start again, as the case may be^^
