Recent content by elemtilas

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As a reader, I'd say that for a short story, you basically have the genre, the title and somewhere between the first sentence and first paragraph to attract and keep my attention. E.g., what got me into Lord Dunsany was the single title The Sword of Welleran --- the name is aesthetic and served...

Yep! Though for me there's only the one world. I've dabbled in a couple side ideas, and some stories have come out of them. But for the most part, the vast majority of the stories I've written are either about or are part of The World. While I can't call myself a prolific writer by any stretch...

Ya. I don't see any issue at all with setting a fantasy ìn Egypt per se. I mean, if we take the Arthurian matter or the Ulster Cycle and turn them into works of fantasy, they're still set in Britain & Ireland. They're just fantasy stories set in an otherwise historical location. And sure...

Ya. Ea is terribly deep geopoesy (mythopoesy, glossopoesy and just about every other poesy one can think of!). I believe he too struggled with deadlines and obviously struggled very strongly with getting on with writing the story already. Also struggled with settling on a definitive story as...

One perennial talking point is the rising / presumptive power demanded by the Nobles, the Middle Class, the Church, the Rabble (aka the People), the Parliament, etc. Anything that diminishes the authority of the monarch is a touchy & obviously political subject. Another is the claims made by...

It's no disease. It's just basal state for me! I'm well aware that I'm not writing the story that goes with The World. But, then again, if you've progressed thus far, "writing the story" is no longer the point, and obviously never was! If you have reached that point (the point where I've always...

Most important number one element that every good fantasy novel has: a good story to tell! Other key elements include: a map and a well crafted story to go with that map. Key elements to avoid: not having a good story to tell a/o telling a good story very poorly. Also, making up a...

Guess it depends on "how much history" and "how much fantasy" are in the mix. Is it just Egypt-like (think Djelibeybe) or is it actual Egypt with hordes of mummy warriors and so forth. Oh, wait, that's been done! So, yeah. Historical fantasy is a thing, so no worries! Even Harry Potter has...

What with Mr. Merry and Mr. Pippin getting drunk and spilling Mr. "Underhill's" real identity, I'm not sure I'd put too much stock in such claims! Especially once they'd learned beer actually comes in pints! Even Elves don't take a whole lot of the fruit of the vine to merrily doze off from...

Hey friend! This is a gift horse! You said you "CAN'T" do it, so I thought I'd be a nice neighbour and at least give you a rough idea of what you're looking for. Also, I was momentarily interested myself in what the result might look like. There's really no need to complain that I didn't use...

Would love to compare the two versions!!

This is true. My point is that both the northern lake and the river exist close by in the same hilly region, and there doesn't appear to be any intervening highlands. Ergo, it seems like the lake ought to spill over towards the east (away from the higher hill lands). The idea of a basin in...

It'll look like this: Took about five minutes: by a wonderful stroke of eternal Mathematics, 2000km (the scale given on the base map) is about 1240mi --- close enough for government work! I shifted Leftpondia directly west a tadge more than 2000km. I left the Falklands and the Greenland...

I like the shading in the mountains --- that's very nicely done! I would note to be careful of rivers ending in lakes, though. It does happen, of course, if a river heads towards a depression from which there's no outlet. Unless there's sufficient evaporation of the lake water, it will...