Recent content by Being Darbo

For a real-life analogue, look into the history of London. Lots of information in books and on the internet about its history as the capital of Roman Britain, and later England and the UK; its long status as a centre of commerce based on goods shipped down the Thames; and the challenges involved...

Not sure if it'd be your sort of thing, but I really enjoyed Flowers for Algernon (social sci-fi) by Daniel Keyes and Blood Music (hard sci-fi) by Greg Bear. Both stand-alone and both short enough to read in a few sittings, if you so wish.

I suffer from serial restarter syndrome on games, as if I decide I don't like how my character looks, etc, I have to restart. Worst for this was the original Dragon Age, where every time I got through the Harrowing, I realised my mage looked like Barry Chuckle. Dark times...

I'm a big fan of magic in China Mieville's books. I like the way magic in Bas Lag - in particular - is mundane yet with the potential to be world-breaking. His magic-users are some of his most memorable characters too: the stiff, rheumy-eyed bio-thaumaturge Vermishank; the prodigious golem-user...

Only short-form prose so far, and not all that much of it. It's a lot of fun, though. I'm interested to see that you have a writing challenges forum here - sounds interesting! Thanks for the welcome!

Hello there folks, I'm Will, and I'm a scruffy, hairy chap living in Cambridgeshire, UK, with my partner and baby daughter. I love discussing writing and genre fiction, so thought I'd pop along and see what this place was all about. Seems grand so far! I'm looking forward to getting...

Hi, Thinking practically, it's got to be wooden spears and staves for me. Both can be made easily and quickly, and require little skill to use at a basic level while giving a huge advantage in terms of reach. Good for your frontier militia or marooned travellers. You can even whittle down...