tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10722111911442589.post5810212250731324378..comments2023-09-11T04:28:51.223-07:00Comments on Writings, Musings & Other Such Nonsense: World Creation At Its Finest...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10722111911442589.post-60662623692400206762011-07-09T13:41:00.245-07:002011-07-09T13:41:00.245-07:00That is really cool, Jamie. I don't know if I...That is really cool, Jamie. I don't know if I would want to be the one they drilled a hole into though. XD<br />I have a tribal sort of group as well called Firlochians. Everyone thinks they're giants so they avoid their lands like the plague. In all acuality, they're just a larger version of man and more... hulking I suppose you could say. :DMel Chesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200734886454147170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10722111911442589.post-63336417907809639132011-07-09T07:12:29.713-07:002011-07-09T07:12:29.713-07:00World (and culture) creation is my favourite part ...World (and culture) creation is my favourite part of the writing process. One of the best bits is creating new forms of creatures that co-exist with humans, even if they are amalgamations of other fantasy creatures. I created a race of humanoids called Traeks who were forest dwellers and lived in a tribal society. They were hunters who had two sets of fangs that could paralyse but not kill their prey. They also had a tribal practice that the leader of each tribe 'called a Bull Traek' would bore a hold into their throat in order to create a frightening call whenever it spoke.Jamie Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168603412367448706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10722111911442589.post-30715072887225216392011-07-08T00:36:04.707-07:002011-07-08T00:36:04.707-07:00Thanks Bethany! And I absolutely agree, there are...Thanks Bethany! And I absolutely agree, there are not enough of us fantasy whackos to fill up a McDonald's parking lot around here. ;)<br />I'll have to check out the Malazan books. I'm currently reading "The Redemption of Althalus" by David and Leigh Eddings. He's (and she's) my fave by far!Mel Chesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200734886454147170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10722111911442589.post-23938617301642007232011-07-07T20:35:37.256-07:002011-07-07T20:35:37.256-07:00I LOVE that you're another blogging fantasy au...I LOVE that you're another blogging fantasy author - there's just not enough of us around, you know? I love the community in the blogging world, but I just don't hear enough about elves and assassins and worlds most of the time. :)<br />Worlds are fantastic things, and when they're well thought out, it's so easy to pull people into them. I'm reading the Malazan Books of the Fallen right now, and I LOVE that world!Bethany Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12829932931010851406noreply@blogger.com