Category Archives: World Building

Dealing With Immortality In Fiction

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Sarah

(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 →

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Archeological Creativity

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Sarah

(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 →

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What Do the Not-So-Simple Folk Do?

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Sarah

(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 →

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Adventures in Naming – Arveniem

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Sarah

(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 →

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Thoughts About Derivation

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I began writing my first fantasy novel in high school. Inspired mostly by Tolkien, actually. In the sense of … it was reading Tolkien’s work that nudged me into actively focusing my writing impulses on creating … Continue reading →

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Help Me Build a Ritual!

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) Okay. I’ve been piffling my way through revising the early chapters of The Ring of Adonel, I’m also giving some vague consideration to how I shall move forward from where I am stuck. I need to … Continue reading →

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