Do any writers here cite Skylanders, with their swashbuckling adventures in the sky, unique magic powers, and strange characters, as an...
Cool D&D character idea: an unarmed, unarmored, Kobold wizard named Jimmy the Dismemberer, who has an intelligence score so low that he cannot...
Zoki: She's a small, grey shorthair cat with a long tail. Captain Flo, of the Coral Fleet: He is a towering steel wall of an orc, with a golden...
Here is a thread to put vivid descriptions of your characters whenever you may wish. I will give an example: He was an attractive, middle aged...
What approach do you favor more, using existing characters like 'werewolves' etc, or creating your own characters? Do you find yourselves liking a...
So, I came across this book called: Writer's Guide to Character Traits by Linda N. Edelstein, Phd. I read the book and found it to be really...
I've had a few comments from people I've requested feedback from that some of my characters are a but two dimensional. I need to try to make them...
I’m drafting a fantasy story from the perspective of the monsters and while I’m brain storming I thought I’d reach out to my fellow fantasy...
Usually I'm more into Urban Fantasy or alternative History with my world set here on earth. So this may be the first book where I have a Fantasy...
I've been noting this for a while but don't really understand it. Maybe it's just the stuff I read and watch, but it seems like the most horrible...
I need likeminded brains with whom I can bounce around ideas and questions. I'm almost finished with my first draft (70k words in) and I'm...
Writing Date 9325.10 (pm) Hi folks, seems a while ago now, but how was your Christmas? Mine was mint (thanks for asking). I got a vinyl copy of...
I chose the hero’s journey to outline my novel idea. I need a character for the next step. However, I decided that the character is female and...
Here's the cover for the upcoming Mythic Guide to Characters.
My protagonist Sekhmetka sneaking through the Central African rainforest in search of the terrorists who killed her brother.
This character may look African-American at first glance, but she's actually Egyptian, or more specifically Kemetic; she hails from an alternate...
Another experimental cover for Bride of Perseus. This time I drew and colored the background myself and chose a bolder, more African-looking font....
This is the third time I've drawn Andromeda, the mythical Ethiopian princess who married the Greek demigod Perseus, but this time I've paired her...
A facial portrait of Andromeda, a mythical Ethiopian princess who married the Greek demigod Perseus after he rescued her from a sea monster. It's...
In Greek mythology, Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess who married the demigod hero Perseus (of Clash of the Titans fame). Perseus had rescued...
