Something to consider is that culture stems from many things other than physical characteristics.
What would you change about them other than physical aspects? Maybe they have lost something that made them "human". Empathy, compassion, etc. I...
I didn't notice that they were the only posts! Excellent work. Perhaps they are BOTH the editor of the magazine, trying to justify their $3 charge...
This is extremely interesting. I'll make popcorn.
Enjoying a break from my trilogy. After finishing the first major edit of Book II and ordering a proof, I've spent time playing games, going on...
Multi faceted characters and stylistic perfection are in no way forms of elitism. They are refined art. If you don't like writing, if you are...
Graham, I imagine that many of us had the kinds of fathers that made us want to escape into fantasy. Mine wasn't abusive, but he wasn't there....
Fantasy will die! It will bow it's head and to the evil lords of non-fiction! As the masses cry and bewail their literal, gray, boring lives, the...
What is the future like, tell us?? :D
If you are stuck, try writing "set-pieces". A "set piece" is something like a big action scene or a battle, or an entrance into a city or...
It's true, worldbuilding is not easy. It takes understanding an awful lot about the real world before an imaginary one can be created. Knowledge...
Too cute! Just too cute.
I have a similar problem with musicians portrayed in film. They usually have no idea how to play their instrument. It totally takes me out of the...
Plow through that wall! I started my trilogy in 2005, then put it down for two whole years, only to pick it back up. I feel that writer's block...
It's for reasons like this that I never post anything in the portfolio's here! I started writing 10 years ago. I'm in no way a great writer, but...
I do feel sometimes that the "Fantasy Age" was probably a lot more like the peasants eating dirt in Monty Python's Holy Grail than it was like the...
Brilliant! He looked away in awkwardness is my fave (: Whenever I read work that someone self-criticizes as 'terrible', I always think, "Gee,...
I was born in Canada, grew up in Michigan, then lived in Manhattan for 4 years, then Alaska for two, Seattle for one, and now Santa Cruz!
Hello! welcome to the site!
Is it about a bearded lady? not to be snarky, because that would be fine, but the person holding the other person looks like a woman with a beard.
