This isn't an important thread, I'm just curious to see if any of you like to "Easter Egg" up your writing, throwing in little jokes and nods to other books and stuff.
I, obviously, do. Just to give you an example, the merc group that my main series follows, ride horses (and a bear) named after Malazan marines, an inordinate amount of them are of noble blood (but not royal) (and they know it). My MC also has a shit ton of "Magical weapons" but they are depressingly mundane.
In an Urban Fantasy work of mine, lots of the mages and the Blackened Claw (their military arm) makes nods and references to strange goings on in Chicago and rumors of powerful practitioners.....
I, obviously, do. Just to give you an example, the merc group that my main series follows, ride horses (and a bear) named after Malazan marines, an inordinate amount of them are of noble blood (but not royal) (and they know it). My MC also has a shit ton of "Magical weapons" but they are depressingly mundane.
In an Urban Fantasy work of mine, lots of the mages and the Blackened Claw (their military arm) makes nods and references to strange goings on in Chicago and rumors of powerful practitioners.....