http://www.rantofferox.blogging4life.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:44:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I create my characters. I know who they are. I know what they do, what they like, what they fear. I understand their hopes, ambitions, dreams, desires and quirks. I designed their fears, backgrounds and understanding. I know my characters. And then my more artistically inclined friends turn around and say "But ... http://www.rantofferox.blogging4life.com/2008/08/17/writing-character-descriptions/ Here is an excerpt from the story I'm trying to write. I desperately needed to change the magic system and make in unique, unlike every other fantasy story in the world. The start of this excerpt isn't so good, but please bear with it for a few sentences and tell ... http://www.rantofferox.blogging4life.com/2008/08/12/see-the-magic-story-excerpt/ Hmm, I won an award. That must mean I've done something clever. Lucent Dusk must think so anyway. Lucent Dust is a regular Entrecard dropper, which is where most of you reading this will have come from too. I feel flattered that somebody out there actually likes these words of mine, ... http://www.rantofferox.blogging4life.com/2008/08/11/i-get-an-award/ Here's more concept art, for a water spirit this time. There are two versions, one with a background and one without. Using a background makes it easier to hide my mistakes, but sometimes I think it detracts from the picture.   Using no background on the other hand gives a clearer ... http://www.rantofferox.blogging4life.com/2008/08/08/water-spirit-concept-art/ If it's not the writer's block that gets you, then Dead End Editing just might.  It's a phenomenon you come across when hard at work editing a piece of writing, generally a long piece. Swap a word here, an an adjective there, a spelling error here, and here, and here... When it ... http://www.rantofferox.blogging4life.com/2008/08/04/dead-end-editing/