Recent content by Queen Medb

For female characters I like them witty, funny and resourceful...."strong" but not necessarily great warriors or anything. If they do fight I like for them to be combat pragmatists, otherwise it just seems a bit unrealistic. I dislike female characters who are overly concerned with the...

I enjoyed Pillars of the Earth and it's sequel, World Without End (World without End was a more entertaining read overall, though it was ridiculous and more unrealistic, almost soap opera like in some parts). I also like all those Philippa Gregory novels about the Tudors.

I think for me it would have to be Enchantress from the Stars. It was more of a mix between sci-fi and fantasy than just fantasy. It was really memorable even though it's been at least 5 or 6 years since I've read it.

Thanks to all for the warm welcome

Thanks :) Yeah I have spurts of productivity, spurts of being distracted by anything and everything!

Brother has a disease like tuberculosis which makes him weak/sick/bedridden all the time and gives the people doubts about his ability to rule.

Decided to finally join after months of lurking. Hope everyone is doing well, I really enjoy the forums on the site and they've been immensely helpful since I discovered it. I'm currently working on a fantasy/sci-fi novel that is at least 7 or 8 years in the making. I'm 220 pages in, a...