For murder the killer could be forced to work for the family of their victims for whatever number of years is the difference between the victim's...
It really boils down to this: if the fantasy races are found in myths and legends they are basically public domain. That means anyone can use...
The things that prevent readers from making assumptions about the skin colour of a character include setting, the character's name, culture,...
If you read a book written at the end of the 19th century you will see an attention to detail that is largely absent today for one simple reason:...
Yandex translate has Tagalog. Or so it claims. I used the phrase "Good Morning" and it came up with Magandang Araw Sa Iyo. Does this sound like...
Try Google Play Store. They have English-Tagalog translation apps. As I have no knowledge of Tagalog I wouldn't know how reliable those apps are...
There's an ancient weapon that is said to wield great power to the person who wields it. The problem is that it's been so long since anyone has...
I write in bed by torch light using pen and paper.
When Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and other books they were fresh and original. That was why they were so popular. The same was...
I use my real name. However, I often use the usernames Juche (named after North Korea's ideology) and Yecal Selim (my name spelt backwards)...
Saigonnus - It was Ban who came up with the world building prompts, not me.
A friend made a flame thrower to light his pot belly stove but I found it has other uses as well. I'm not sure if it's a flame thrower in the...
I often take a flame thrower to my notes if I'm not happy with them or I've realised they serve no further use for them (and yes I do mean that...
For me, I use world building in both fiction and non-fiction writing and the approach I take to world building depends upon what the context of...
In my work in progress the price of magic is sterility. In the Tarakanese Empire those who are sterile cannot marry because only people who can...
I'd like to see my work in progress turned into a gritty black and white crime noir style movie where I play the villain when it's completed....
Pirate ships didn't have ranks as such. Every person on board had specific roles which they were usually either elected to do or appointed on the...
For the purposes of the Imperial Constitution of the Tarakan Empire the moment the Emperor is coronated and sworn in as Emperor their family...
If the Emperor dies in office, loses a duel or vote of confidence, reaches 80 years of age or is deemed "unfit for the job" anyone who meets the...
I'm a little bothered by the intention of creating an ethnicity that is brown skinned simply for the purpose of greater diversity. Surely there...
