Trolls are one of the more interesting mythological and fantasy creatures to play around with, mainly because they are such blank slates. While Elves are Elves (pointy-eared, long-lived, hang out in forests), Dwarves are Dwarves (short, bearded, live underground and dig up stuff), Dragons are Dragons (big, reptilian, flying and fire-breathing), it is not the [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Looking For Some New Trolls
Posted: October 6, 2009 in fantasy, World Building, writing updateTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, trolls, World Building, writing, writing update
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Puttering Along
Posted: October 5, 2009 in fantasy, Tears of the Mountain, writing updateTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, novel writing, Tears of the Mountain, writing, writing update
Making progress on the writing, which is good. The rewrite of Tears of the Mountain is at about 20,000 words now. Around a quarter of what I’m aiming for. Hopefully by the end of the month I’ll be close to completing the rewrite. Still also mucking about with ideas for the plot of Shadow Watch [...]
September Report
Posted: October 1, 2009 in Tears of the Mountain, writing updateTags: fantasy writing, novel writing, Tears of the Mountain, writing, writing update
And that is September done – just three more months left of the year. All up for the month managed only around 35,000 words, which was a bit of a let down. Only managed to add one more story to the collection, Cara’s Choice Part Four, though did start on a couple more Cahuac stories, [...]
