I've got 18 books planned for my High Fantasy series, The Chronicles of Freilia. I recently finished and fine tuned part 1 of 3 of my Inferno book, but now I'm kinda stuck. I dunno, everything I write just seems like crap and then I don't wanna write anymore.... kinda feeling inspired though, maybe I'll write some tonight or tomorrow. I just gotta start and DO it, I suppose.

Getting close to introducing the Dwarves. I tried to make Dwarves as different from the norm as possible while still being Dwarves. I just gave them my own unique spin :3

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Love the title! I've been thinking of changing the title of my series, which I know I'll end up doing. Your stuff sounds very interesting and detailed. What age/reading group are you trying to target?

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I've written out the timeline for the entire world recently. It's going to be a collection of stories, each based around the ideals of one of the eighteen Gods (Inferno, Magic, Balance, Justice, ect.). They're books for young adults, much like what you say you write. I'm inspired by writers like Terry Pratchett, so my writing's a little more silly and humor-based than some, but I personally think it's a unique blend .

Posted by Anya

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What I'm doing, is a mix between super heroes and magic/fantasy with a bit of sci-fi, targeted for young adults. As I started to get more into the story, it started to also turn into a bit of a love story, which I had no intention of doing. Thankfully my main female hero isn't the typical type. It is in first person, which I love to write in.

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Wow, that's lots of different themes rolled into one. Sounds neat! First person is fun to read, some of my favorite books are first person, but hard to write in for me. "Deception" is going to be half in first person, from the point of view of a Captain of the Guard telling a priest his sins. I just hope my writing's improved by the time I get to work on that one.

Currently working on the Dwarf chapters of my book, where the heroes go to the Dwarven capital to ask for their shard of the sword, when they find it under attack by a horde of Goblins and Orcs. Originally when I came up with the story, Dwarves were just an afterthought. "Oh yeah Dwarves, lemme through those in der". They were minor and didn't have much to do with the other all plot. They were just grumpy Tolkein-esque Dwarves.

I have sense changed that COMPLETELY. And for the better I believe.

If I borrow ideas from other fiction I don't like to just take the whole thing. Yes I am influenced by Tolkein, but I'd feel dirty having Gimli wander around in my book. So instead, I changed them up a bit. They are eccentric to the point of near insanity (ironically, the Dwarves that ARE insane, the fallen Dark Dwarven Clan, are more stoic compared to these because they have no mind of their own). The queen of the Dwarves just did a dance and sang to Seth about how her daughter should follow him on his quest. Their CAPITAL WAS JUST OVERRUN. They're just silly. It makes sense though: they don't care about death. They're all very religious and feel that death is just another step that will bring them to their Mother Terra, and that is the best thing that could happen to them.

Also I changed their physiology a bit. They're still stout bearded people, but they're more akin to golems. A Dwarven couple chisels their child out of a stone of their choice, and dips him into the Fountain of Souls. That child then comes to life, and grows up to maturity in 12 years, to live for roughly 100-150 years. Their stone becomes flesh, and their hair takes on the color of the stone they were hewn from. When they die they become a statue that's then placed in a statuary in the Mountainhome.

Also there are no genders. At age 12, the Dwarf decided "EH I WANNA BE A GIRL". And if they decide to be female, they grow out their beards because their Mother Terra, Goddess of the Earth, loves beards. If they're male they grow out their hair and shave their beard, because their Father Heral, the God of Life, has long hair and no beard. The men stay at home and do the things to help keep their family alive, while the women go out and work for their family.

Yyyyyeah this is a weird post that no one's gonna read but I just love what I've done with my Dwarves

Most of my cultures are the normal generic "fantasy" people. I have the Britania-style Humans who worship a single God, are pretty snooty and high and mighty. They're also completely sacrilegious because they worship the God of Justice but pretty much don't follow any of his teachings. GUESS WHAT I BASED THAT AROUND OF.

We got snooty Wood-Elves, we for friendly and kind Frost-Elves, we got the Drow (Dark-Elves), we got dark skinned proud warrior race guys from the desert, we got Dwarves, we got dumb Orcs, we got clever and evil Goblins, we got Merfolk (who are based around the Russians, humorously. Almost every race has a specific accent related to real life), the Grey (basically Magical Americans), and the Aknivarians, who look like Asians and are all about capitalism and scientific progress.

The only race I kinda made for myself are the Gecken. They're basically lizard people who are good with machines, cousins of the Dwarves. Everything else is like "yeeaahhhh seen it", which makes me feel bad. It's all been done, y'know how it is.