Recent content by newtofantasy

Hello, All Scribes, I am at this moment waiting for my new fantasy to finish publishing on Kindle. And I could sure use your help. First, my book is a parody of what I wanted to term "adult" historical fantasy--until I put it in as a keyword and did I get a large surprise as to what the...

Thank you for your kind words, Sheila! As they say: From your mouth to God's ears, hopefully. And don't forget the free days starting on the 10th.

I'm not even sure this is a legitimate sub-group within fantasy. I know it fits fantasy in a lot of ways but it's also tongue-in-cheek. I call the genre "Humorous Historical Fantasy." It purports to be a real history of the Once Country without a Man that's now a Country without a Land (since...

Christopher--Thankfully, someone who knows what I know and is not afraid to say it! Redundancy IS a legitimate literary device! (Certainly so in satire). So how do we teach people that it is? Repeat repeat repeat it? Which is also a legitimate literary device known as repetition! :)

I joined Mythic Scribes 5 months ago because Sheila praised it. And I know she was right. But at the time, I was trying to put out a rewrite--total: title, cover, edit--of my historical novel, and that was taking a lot of my time. I self-published. Now however I'm back to my "Comic Fantasy"...

Lord Darkstorm, I agree. I don't care for a first person as a general rule either. That's why I said you have to watch your phrasing because it has to be different from third person. Not caring for first, I can generally read over it to be certain that it doesn't call attention to itself. And in...

Larkin, I've used the present tense in my present wip to set out a flashback. Now I know that may sound like an oxymoron, but it's a good way to set something different apart from the main line. At any rate, I think so. But one thing I did discover is that you really have to be careful of your...

Nyx--of course you may use it! I've got a million more like it. ;) Thanks to you and Lisa, I'm beginning to think I might find an audience out there after all. If I can be of further help, just ask. Not to say I'll be able to, but I'll give it a try.

Gumbo is not original with me, for sure, so you may use it as freely as you please!!

I'd say yes, but I'm new to fantasy. As a writer of a straight novel, I would do it like that. Also in fantasy, I might say you know he's an endangered dragon. --*ah, yes, the peasants favorite dragon gumbo has certainly had its effect on the species!* :p Unless of course you're a Midwestern...

I wouldn't think a few quick lines would constitute an infodump. Just be sure you don't turn it into a "As you know, Bob. . ." :)

Didn't the The Wise Men come from the East?

Nyx, I'd nix the two part Prologue unless it's too parts of the same incident. The second part--especially in first person--should be very easy to work in as a short memory when the mc and the dragon are first presented. Something like he was so glad he'd saved one of the only 5 remaining...

Elder, it's really strange that you should suggest that because I'd already written this (and debated whether to use it or not!): Genie: “With this trio of gifts, I’ve done the best I can to offer you protection from the monster. From now on you’ll be on your own. Just don’t suffer a...

Reavor, I'm afraid my post was misunderstood by you--and Devor?--I only wanted to ask about the conflict level if the hero had magic tools given to him by a genie--the usual: invisiblity elixer; special sword; extremes of sight etc. Nothing about the djinn--in this case, the singular genie...