Recent content by Callan37

I feel dumb for not getting the secret agent reference =P

The title pretty much sums it up...I'm living in Central Illinois, more or less splitting the difference between Chicago and St. Louis. I've been looking for a writing group for a while now, and I'd love to find some people to write with. I live very near Illinois State University's campus and...

Personally, I'm amazed at what CP accomplished at such a young age. However...the novels really don't sit as well with me now as they did a few years ago. For me, the dialogue was a huge issue, but that's a problem in lots of fantasy. The dragons and his take on them were very cool, as were the...

Hi everyone! I've been nosing around the forums for a while now, and I thought that I should actually get off my butt and create an account. I'm working on a fantasy novel at the moment, and I'm hoping that I'm going to be able to bounce some ideas off of the good people here! I won't get into...

I'm not sure if this has been asked, but I only skimmed through most of the posts to this point, so my apologies in advance if this is a repeat: I'm curious how far a horse could travel with a rider on its back in a week's time. I know almost nothing about different breeds of horse, so if...

To me, this sounds a bit like the Assassin's Creed series. However, that might not be a bad thing. They toy around quite a bit with having someone from the present view history from the perspective of an ancestor that lived during the time. Perhaps looking at how they handle things could help...