I have started a new section of the website that will explore the various nations and cultures of Sharael, having a brief look at their histories, appearances and more. To start it off are the Maedari, about whom I mostly write. Strangely, though they are prominent in all the stories, I haven’t written one yet [...]
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Exploring the Nations and Cultures of the Setting
Posted: August 11, 2011 in Sharael, World BuildingTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, World Building
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Meet Professor Halir, The Unexpected Character
Posted: January 3, 2011 in fantasy, Pure Escapism, Sharael, Tears of the Mountain, winter wolves, World Building, writing updateTags: characters, fantasy, fantasy writing, novel writing, Pure Escapism, Short story, Tears of the Mountain, winter wolves, World Building, writing, writing update
Professor Halir Ashford. Historian, Explorer and Adventurer. One of the favourite characters I’ve written so far. And a character who really shouldn’t have existed beyond a minor mention. It happens from time to time; characters take on a life of their own and demand a bigger say in things. His story starts back with a [...]
Here Be Dragons
Posted: July 17, 2010 in fantasy, Tears of the Mountain, World Building, writing updateTags: dragons, fantasy, fantasy writing, World Building, writing
Dragons are a ubiquitous element of fantasy. They are one of the first things most people would think about when the word fantasy is said to them and it is quicker to list fantasy series without dragons than it is to list those with them in it. Dragons are also rather varied, with many authors [...]
Being Sick Is A Pain
Posted: July 10, 2010 in Tears of the Mountain, World BuildingTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, novel writing, World Building, writing, writing update
Of late I’ve been making good progress with the rewrite of Tears of the Mountain, averaging two to three thousand words a day. Until last week, when I got sick. Nothing terribly major, just the latest head cold that was going around. Unfortunately it stuffed my head up good and proper so that my brain [...]
Looking For Some New Trolls
Posted: October 6, 2009 in fantasy, World Building, writing updateTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, trolls, World Building, writing, writing update
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 [...]
Making It Epic
Posted: August 26, 2009 in fantasy, World Building, writing updateTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, silmarillion, World Building, writing, writing update
I first read The Silmarillion many years ago, back in high-school, and was blown away at just how epic the book was. It is pretty much my favourite book of all time, and if there was one book I wish I could have written, it is it. Now days epic seems more commonly used to [...]
Timeline: Age of Myth
Posted: July 14, 2009 in Sharael, World Building, writing updateTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, World Building, writing, writing update
At some stage I plan on redoing the whole blog, including expounding a bit more on the background to the stories and how they all fit in together. To start off with I am going to do a series of post tracking through the time line as it stands now for the world of Sharael. [...]
Background Progress
Posted: July 13, 2009 in Tears of the Mountain, World Building, writing updateTags: fantasy, fantasy writing, Tears of the Mountain, World Building, writing, writing update
I didn’t get a whole lot of writing writing done over the weekend, but I’m not too concerned because i did get a bit of background writing done, working out details that should have been done some time ago. One of my main flaws is keeping all the details floating around in my head without [...]
World Building: How It All Began
Posted: March 18, 2009 in World BuildingTags: World Building, writing
This is going to be the first of a number of post relating how the world I call Sharael came into existence, and the changes and alterations – often radical – that became made to it. Sharael is only the current name for it – there have been other iterations of the world’s name, some [...]
