In real history, probably no real reason for the west to start a second secession, other than because they probably could’ve gotten away with it.

But in my story timeline, the town that sparks the new secession movement is under the leadership of individuals who are fed up with Federal over-reach. They disagree with the Civil W…[Read more]

Hello again! The time of our contest draws near, and I was wondering if you wonderful souls would have the time to beta-read the new draft of Goddess / Zauberin (link below), mainly for the changed ending. It now sits under 5k words – but I want to make sure…[Read more]

By the way, I quite liked Endbringer, though I think I still need another couple read-throughs to understand it properly. It’s funny – I immediately began thinking of the song “O’Death”, specifically the cover performed for Until Dawn – which I totally wasn’t listening to nonstop while writing this…[Read more]

Just to keep it out of the way of the main topic for the…[Read more]

Yes! Trying once again!
Just blew out the first draft like a madman. I had the idea and the outline and inspiration. Gosh my butt hurts – I’ve been sitting or squatting to write since 6 this morning. Praise God above for this – I haven’t felt this inspired in months, if not years.

Only…[Read more]

Anyway, here’s a question:

what’s one interesting fact you learnt from a his-fic book?

I learnt from The Eagle of the Ninth that the ancient British tattooed themselves. This surprised me, because I’d thought that Captain Cook, when he’d returned from…[Read more]

Glad you’re back…for now anyway?! 🙂

@pursuewisdom  @northerner

UGH! Yes, those are way too common…and SO irritating!

Off the top of my head… the fact that knights (which are somehow all too common and appear at all the right times for no particular reason) wear complete armor + helmet all the time! They would seriously…[Read more]

So I’m back again!

The question for this week is:

What is a common historical inaccuracy that really annoys you? (If you need to rant, feel free to include more than one!)

@rochellaine @valtmy @ lin @northerner @Michelle @pursuewisdom

(I think that’s everyone)

I see the confusion about @valtmy was resolved, but I’m here…[Read more]

So I’ve been working on a short story lately, originally intended as a sorta light-hearted coming-of-age prequel to my novel (one of several stories), with the protagonist, Erhard, as a twelve year old on the beginning of his journey into knighthood.

Without going into too much detail, he gets unknowingly involved in a theft ring,…[Read more]

😀 Multiple, depending on the book. He wrote his books from accounts written by people who lived in the era he wrote about. Can I ask what made you say his work was historically inacurate, or is it some specific book(s)? I have always found it to be incredibly reliable as he wrote it from first-hand accounts.

I must say, I write…[Read more]

Thanks for the advice! I do appreciate the value of his original, uncorrupted sources that he used to write his books.

@lin

Yes! 😀

@northerner I agree, anything written in the time period you’re researching is always the best!

Sorry for causing the misunderstanding. I could have made myself clearer. Since my stories are so deliberately historically inaccurate, I had to ask for permission to be here. 😛

I searched out the book. It sounds interesting! 😀

… I am writing fantasy. Historical fantasy, that is. I have never claimed to be an honourable historical fictioner 😛 In my stories I have never used the names of the real societies or even referenced the real names of the religions or philosophies practised during those times. I do get your point though. I have started and t…[Read more]

Rough personal stuff, followed by the insane rush to try and finish my boss’s book + my adventure book + actually find time to edit the third book + commissioning artwork and redesigning a lot of characters so that WE CAN DO THE ARTWORK + my own laziness and lack of discipline…..

It’s been a…[Read more]

Its been a while since this thread was active, but I absolutely love the chances we get on here to chat about his-fic so I  was thinking we could revitalize it.

Other than the things we already discuss on here, I was thinking we could put together a twice weekly (or just weekly) discussion question. Say, on a certain day each week, I…[Read more]

Amen to that! Praying for wisdom for you, @northerner !

I will be praying for you! Hope all goes well.

I’ll be praying for you.

One of my favorites is The Ball and the Cross though.

And I ought to go read The Honour of Israel Gow again, @northerner. If it had creationism in it, then I probably loved it. It’s just been while since I read any Father Brown.

I agree. Many people have copied the incidentals of fantasy from Tolkien, but few indeed have gleaned from his themes and the heart of it all. Which is unfortunate.

I know virtually nothing about Chesterton except for the fact that I ought to know far more. XD This also is unfortunate.

Apparently I got confused at some point and your guildmaster…has not returned yet (she’ll probably be back tomorrow), so I thought I’d whip up a quick lesson for this week in her stead. (Actually, I’m cheating and I’m reusing a lesson I’ve used in my own guild–Meraki–because it also fits with your theme of pacing and…[Read more]

A huuuge congratulations to them, because they did AMAZINGLY. And give yourselves a clap to. You guys threw yourself into it…[Read more]

This is your stand-in guildmaster, and I’m here to call you to arms! War has been declared once again, and we must come out with full force.

Because J.A. Penrose is away for the week, I was already half guildmastering you for this war, but since she was gone, I volunteered her (I’m her cousin, so I’m allowed to do things…[Read more]

Does that classmate realize the immense work of Tolkien’s world and that very few, if any, writers have captured the depth of world building, history development, and character weaving that he has? Besides that fact that he practically created two new languages  just for that massive world. Also, lets forget that the most popular…[Read more]

From the above, then, it seems to me that C. S. Lewis had a similar approach to critical analysis. His short book “The Personal Heresy” goes into that in quite a lot of…[Read more]

@Karthmin I had to laugh at the mention of lampposts. That’s why there’s one in Narnia you know. Cause Tolkien said you couldn’t have them in fantasy so Lewis went and did it. Writer friends…

The comment about cyclical devolution is fascinating though. I’d not thought about it,…[Read more]

You wrote: “Now I’m wondering how both the systems might be combined. Bringing out the beauty of nature but, because of a magic system/how the world runs, being able to harness that beauty and powers in ways that could be considered technology. Or even just nature. A city built next to a volcano where they channel lava to produce heat o…[Read more]

Between the dates of September 24, 12:00 am, and September 30, 11:59 pm, WRITE LIKE YOU’RE ON FIRE.

Over the week, keep track of how many words you write, and then at the end, we’…[Read more]

And yes, @northerner. Books are for entertaining, sure. But they are so much more than that. Some books not so much, but some of them have themes that I end up, consciously or unconsciously, applying to everyday life. Which is part of the reason I like Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive so much…[Read more]

Also, I think the pink salt is usually Himalayan. And yes! It tastes saltier because it is ground from larger rock-like crystals, rather than crystalized via evaporation like sea salt is. The individual salt crystals are larger…[Read more]

Namarie @Northerner ! *waves*

(and yes, ‘Namarie’ is Quenya for…[Read more]

Some of our noble friends have decided that they would like to step out, at least temporarily, and I figured I’d let you guys know. Whenever someone is removed, I will put a farewell comment here for them, and so you all know.

At the end of the week, more will probably be…[Read more]