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Author Archives: Sarah
Visualizing Mythology
The key story from the mythology of Arveniem for my novel The Ring of Adonel (which I’m still working upon) involves the wounding of Adonel Aelianus and the consequent making of the Sun. The Myth The short version of the … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Novels
Tagged Adonel, Attondar, Caimcadar, Ring of Adonel, Wind Sword
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To Elve or Not To Elve (Do You Call Them Elves)
I’m being flippant, of course, turning “elf” and “elves” into a verb. But more and more it seems to be a rising issue for fantasy writers as to whether or not one should include them in one’s fantasy world. I … Continue reading
Dealing With Immortality In Fiction
(Originally Posted on Live Journal — Dec. 6th, 2009 at 7:33 PM) There was a discussion on sartorias ’ LJ some time ago about Elves in current fantasy. What makes them different than being “ordinary humans with magical powers”? This … Continue reading
Late Night Ideas and Surprise Foreshadowing
I had some interesting thoughts on how writers come to include foreshadowing in their works. It isn’t always planned. (Originally posted on Live Journal — Jun. 28th, 2009 at 8:17 AM) Last night, as I was getting ready for bed, I … Continue reading
Archeological Creativity
(Originally posted on Live Journal – Feb. 9th, 2009 at 9:29 AM) Or would it be creative archeology? The last couple of weeks I’ve been transferring information from two notebooks into a program on my computer. Now, that might sound … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, World Building
Tagged Fynlaren, Mythology, Ring of Adonel, Tolkien
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Getting This Launched
I’ve been delaying getting this blog up and launched, because I was debating whether or not to give the fantasy works their own domain. But I decided not to. ScribblerWorks was always intended to have a lot to it, so … Continue reading
What Do the Not-So-Simple Folk Do?
(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’m not entirely sure what sent me off on this train of thought this last week. It certainly did not entirely begin with the matter of how one’s personal occupation and interests can affect one’s speaking … Continue reading
Posted in World Building
Tagged Adaren, Adonel, Darael, Fynlaren, Godiva, Gwyric, Ilona, Lilyn, Rinden, Ring of Adonel, World Building, Writing
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Terms For a Fantasy World
(Originally posted on LiveJournal) One of the things about creating a totally new fantasy world is that you don’t want it to sound too much like “this world”. And I certainly didn’t want to sound like I was copying Tolkien … Continue reading
The Story So Far
(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I recently completed a chapter of The Ring of Adonel that had a goodly share of exposition (this is chapter 14). Not only that, when I got into the writing, I realized that what on the … Continue reading
Adventures in Naming – Arveniem
(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’ve been nose-to-grindstone the last couple of weeks, working on getting the manuscript of The Scribbler’s Guide to the Land of Myth (plug, plug!) ready for BookSurge to do their magic on it. So, working on … Continue reading
Posted in World Building
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Jernathien, Middle-earth, Narnia, Ring of Adonel, Scribbler's Guide, Tolkien, Treasures of Darkness
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