Recent content by Night Herald

Objection noted. I may have come across a bit cheekier than I wanted, there. My bad. I phrased it like that for flavor's sake, I guess. I certainly don't mean to suggest your handling of characters is in any way tyrannical or wrong. It seems you do things in pretty much the opposite order I do...

It's darn hard, isn't it? What you describe sounds pretty much exactly like how I used to do things back in the day. I'm also naturally an overthinker, and would tend to obsessively polish sentences until they were just so. Of course they didn't actually end up any better for that treatment...

Aldo on my list. I swear!

I somehow only just noticed this thread. I don't know that I have any sage advice to offer, but I can outline my process and philosophy, and it may be the case that it's the exact thing someone needs to hear. I am a little bit tipsy, so the advice could come through a bit wonky. Just read...

Huh, interesting. I think you and I might be diametric opposites in our approach to writing. Fascinating. I know there are writers out there who take a far more authoritative approach than I do; my word is law type of shit. I mean no offense or to suggest your approach is somehow worse than...

I have been meaning to look into the Tao Te Ching for, like, the longest time! For several years now I've been gravitating hard towards Eastern wisdom (mainly Hinduism) as my own culture is sorely failing to provide what I seek. Around here it's way too much emphasis on material gain and...

In my experience, books come far more readily to our rescue than other people do. Books are trustworthy and reliable. I don't mean that to sound overly cynical or anti-social or whatever, I'm looking to elevate books rather than diminish people. People can be lovely and a great comfort as well...

Thanks! I'm always looking for ways to live with more virtue, happiness, and tranquility. I wanna be just as fulfilled and ethical as the next guy. ETA: I get that that probably sounds like some species of sarcasm, but truly. I'm on a decade-spanning self improvement kick over here, and need...

I have to say that your space pirate with the adoptive daughter sounds like such a delightful story. I can almost picture it just from that line. You should totally write it! And there's another good point, the way characters influence one another. They do live their own lives, don't they...

A great man, by all accounts. I have Meditations on my to-read list, made a small start on it. He's not the most interesting emperor, but that might just be because I don't know him yet; but he makes a good case for most admirable one.

Skaven

Shit, I'm Norwegian and I claim him. He doesn't even slightly sound Swedish, anyway. Not in this clip. He'd specifically be Trønder, on account of the mustache. For those not in the know, a Trønder is a subcategory of Norwegian. They're the ones the rest of us poke fun at, and whom we secretly...

I can't bring to mind any recent heresy, but I know I see it every day. Like, most of my close friends are Norwegian, bless them. But they wreak such havoc upon the English language... and Norwegian, too! Most of my friends aren't what you'd call intellectuals. They are slapdash as fuck when...

Hello, and welcome back! I may have seen you around in the old forum, but that's neither here nor there. Well met!

I'm not exactly sure who to attribute them to. I could probably find out, but right at the moment I cannot be arsed, and I don't think their originators would be super hung up on credit anyway. "With whom are you in love against?" "Do what you do with another person, but never put anyone out...