Posts by Graham
Whose laws of physics...? You're writing this world. If you can make it internally consistent, that's what matters. It doesn't have to follow our physics, so long as everything hangs together. ...
Definitely not a traditional zombie. There are alternative depictions of zombies which you might want to draw on, but all of them have more zombie-like characteristics than you describe. Still, t...
As my name probably makes clear, I'm not female. However I'm a keen reader of fantasy and SF, and I'm particularly interested in anyone with new things to say, because the power of fantasy and SF i...
What do you do during that time? Worldbuilding. Show us the world the character lives in. If it's different to ours, show us how it's different, and make us care about it. If the character is o...
In addition to the points raised in other answers, I'd also mention that if you're going to include something you don't know about, then you really need someone knowledgeable in that subject to giv...
A feature of modern SF and fantasy is that readers are expected to tolerate not knowing the details of the world at the start, and to pick up these details as they go along. Instead of an info-dump...
You've certainly ramped up the grimdark a bit! That said, I can think of a number of successful fantasy series which aren't a million miles away from yours. John Wyndham's The Crysalids is almost...
For me, the annoying thing about "funny" characters is where that the humour gets injected artificially, and for some reason they decide they have to tell a joke out of nowhere. That's great for a...
