Recent content by K.S. Crooks

Two reasons for controlled burns are to remove dead plants to allow new ones to grow. This can be for natural regrowth or for agriculture. The other is to act as a fire break to prevent a forest fire from spreading. If you know the reason for the fire then it will be easier for you to find the...

Other thing to consider is the fuel used for the torches that would spread onto the barricade. Something petroleum based could be spread by water, not put out. The use of dirt to smother the torches might be the best way for the people inside to defend the barricade.

Perhaps make the focus on the act of climbing and have the cold and lack of sensation be the reason: With her hands devoid of sensation, she can only tell she has a grip on the tree by watching her fingers curl around sections of bark. Her fingers occasionally slip, as their numbness make it...

People notice things that are different or out of place. I would make the focus what your character sees as being different from where they are from or the last place they came from. Other options are to have the character focus on whatever they are looking for or there to do. As well they may...

One option is to give the location some historical significance (your world's history) to be named after. This requires a little backstory, which you may or may not want to include in the novel. I like to look for names of towns and villages no longer occupied (ghost towns). Depending on the...

A few ideas- I'm not sure why life in space would be cheap since extra effort and cost needs to be put into keeping people safe from meteor, radiation, reduced gravity and supplying air, water and waste removal. Even recyclers have their limits. As for people's habits and behaviour something...

Great idea. I think this would tremendously lower the number of repeat offenders. I don't think first time offenders would be affected. Most offenders know of and understand the suffering they cause their victims. They chose to disregard their empathy. Those who ate amoral wouldn't care about...

I like to look for names of towns and villages no longer occupied (ghost towns). Depending on the type of setting you're dealing with you can try ghost town in New Zealand, Canada, United States or other locations more recently colonized. Another option is to look for old names for places such...

You could think of the ways you would describe rays of light from the sun. Such as light streaming in through a window. Or describe the beams the way you would if it were water coming from the sword.

You can try this site for some ideas.Mythical Creatures, read about and see your favorite mystic creature.

For any type of special abilities, whether you call it magic, super powers or something else, it is important for the author to know which characters can obtain the powers, how they get them, can the powers be taken away, what are the limitations of the magic/powers and what can other characters...

The main page of the website I used is donjon; RPG Tools. This site provides ideas for plots, characters, goals and several other things you may want in your story. The map maker is at donjon; Fractal World Generator. It is a wonderful tool and the map you create can be saved to your computer...

If you mention in the beginning that the other beings have their own language, you only need to acknowledge again if there's someone present who doesn't understand. Then you can have someone translate or show that it was done by the actions or dialogue that follows. For names you could try...

I like to look for names of towns and villages no longer occupied (ghost towns). depending on the type of setting you're dealing with you can try ghost town in New Zealand, Canada, United States or other locations more recently colonized. Another option is to look for old names for places such...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I used a lower quality image as the real one is 12 Mb and I wanted to make sure it would upload. The wolves can ghost a part of their body, thus the missing sections. The female isn't human thus the colour difference and skin pattern. I'm going to play around with...