Recent content by ChasingSuns

I absolutely love the conflict that wars and revolutions can provide for a story. There's also a ton of potential to really put your characters through some tough stuff. I have a series of wars in the current series that I'm writing. They get kicked off by the events in the first book, and start...

I'm slowly working on a conlang. Emphasis on slowly. It's definitely quite the undertaking. I was once told to check out The Language Construction Kit by Mark Rosenfelder. I haven't gotten around to really diving into it yet but the excerpts I have read have been helpful so far. It might be...

Is that a Taboo quote perhaps? :P Oh I totally didn't even think about Semedi! Yes he's definitely one of the most interesting (at least in my opinion) death-related entities to be found.

This is essentially how I go about it. I'll also pull pieces from cultures that are not normally associated with each other and are from different parts of the world, which usually makes the end result look a lot less like a generic version of a group of people. For example, there's a nation I...

I actually have a region in my story that is similar to the pictures, although I haven't gotten to that point where the characters get there, so I haven't really fleshed it out as much as other regions. There's also a kingdom with a TON of volcanic activity, complete with obsidian-covered ground...

Haha well as long as a story gets written with it then that's all that matters to me :P

For me, it's really the same process as coming up with a story. It could start with a type of location or an event, or perhaps an idea from something that I read about. For example, I have a kingdom in my story that has a ton of volcanic activity. This caused me to begin to think about what kind...

Right? I would love to do something like that, but not sure where it would fit into my current story, so it'll have to wait for now x/

Banshees function as heralds of death, and the Morrigan function in a similar fashion to valkyries. The Maori believe that the souls of the dead depart via a specific location (Spirits Bay), and the journey to Mictlan in Aztec lore is pretty exciting (it includes obsidian bladed winds). Just...

So far it's been a mix for me. I guess they're usually bittersweet in some way or another, but it all depends. That's for short stories though. Considering that I'm still working on my first novel, I haven't really had a chance to see any patterns there yet :P

Enforcer is a term that comes to mind when I think urban/modern fantasy. The mob has enforcers that are basically henchmen. They could also have a nickname for themselves, or one that others call them, like the Snatchers in Harry Potter.

I'm not entirely sure if the detective is gonna be supernatural in some way. I haven't really dove into any characters specifically yet, this idea just came about through the setting. Part of me likes the idea of him just being human, although it definitely makes sense that he would have...

Thanks to everyone who has replied so far! Lots of inspirational ideas for sure :D First of all, I definitely like the idea of delving into the ethics of criminal blood. I think there's definitely some interesting stories to be told there. The idea of vamp/werewolf military units is also very...

So I recently decided to start writing noir-style short stories set in modern day with supernatural elements. In this world, supernatural beings (vampires, werewolves, witches, etc.) are all relatively common and known to exist. The main character (or at least, the only main character I have so...

I've been watching this as well, and from what I can tell, it's a much better visual reference than your average Hollywood film in terms of historical accuracy.