Jaybird

Hi! I’m new here 🙂 I saw the title of this post and I was so happy lol, this is straight up my alley! Mind if I post some of my character aesthetics? I don’t exactly have a moodboard put together, but I have picture folders for my charries.

@freedomwriter76

Afghanistan in the War on Terror?

I have an Uncle who fought over there.

If you want more study material, I recommend American Heroes, the book I mentioned earlier. (In fact, if at all possible you NEED to read that book. It details the war from a first hand, yet not graphic, point of view, as Colonel Oliver North worked right…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon

Yes, I absolutely adore Chuck Black! From all the responses about him, I get the impression he’s popular around here 🙂 His Kingdom and Knights of Arrethrae series are sooooo amazing! I use his works as mentor texts because I love his writing voice and style. He really puts the feelings into every word, sentence, paragraph,…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76

Thank you for the warm welcome! To answer your questions:

My favorite instrument is the piano. I love how it sounds and I love playing it.

My favorite dessert is chocolate. 🙂

My absolute favorite thing about writing fantasy is that it’s like real life but you don’t have to double-check the facts. (I also adore swordfights…[Read more]

@koshka

I love history as well since it’s always so interesting. I also love that facts don’t have to be exactly right in fantasy worlds 🙂

I absolutely love Chuck Black, and I’ve read the Kingdom Series and the Knights of Arrethrae Series. I take inspiration from them since they are so close to what I write.

My parents are from Eastern Europe,…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76

I understand! All my early writing was Historical fiction. Then I found historical fantasy. Already being a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my writing, it’s a relief not to be constantly worried about accuracy.

@freedomwriter76

So am I! XD I’m just now learning her back story.

The funny thing is all my awful younger writing had female MCs. All of it. Then a few years ago I picked back up writing, and POOF! Nearly all male.

So! Here is my other MC for Seas of Fury. She’s one of those characters I am still figuring out, so here is her first collage. She’s also randomly the only female character that made it to MC stage.

I can write and edit later parts of the book, bit first chapters? Ugh. I’ve completely scrapped them…I have no idea how many times.

So someone, PLEASE have good advice!! I’ll be haunting this topic…

@hullofellowhumans sounds like an interesting plot idea. I also enjoy a good sci-fi/dystopian story here and there. What are some of your favorites?

A couple of ideas

1) 500,000 is kinda a low population for a planet. Say, we’re talking about one as tiny as Pluto (About half the size of the US), even in this case, every person would be able to…[Read more]

@pen_for_christ205

Ah, makes sense. What I love about writing in a medieval-fantasy world is being able to use all the random historical facts I collect, and yet not have to worry about being completely accurate. (I’m a bit of a history nerd)

*Squeals*

You like Chuck Black?! He’s one of my favorite authors! Which of his books/series have you…[Read more]

@koshka

I love writing about the middle ages but only in fantasy kingdoms I (or others) came up with, since historical fiction involves too much research (in my opinion).

My work in progress right now is my very first book that I’m nearly done with. I am super excited to publish it!

My favorite author is Chuck Black because I love every part of…[Read more]

@sunny421

Ooo, intriguing. What sort of kingdom is this? Is the king good?

@pen_for_christ205

Welcome to the Kingdom! I write non-magical medieval-fantasy.

What do you mean by ‘middle ages’? That’s a pretty wide range of time… Is it historical fiction?

What is your WIP about? (Work In Progress)

If you could ride a dragon for a day or have a horse for life, which would you choose?

Do you like, dislike, or just…[Read more]

Yes exactly. There may or may not be a little romance. I haven’t completely decided.