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Jul. 21st, 2006
What we need is a distraction
Jul. 21st, 2006 04:55 pmCan we distract the faded-carbon-copy style Celtophile writers with some other culture/mythology? I mean, the Dravidians have an entire sunken kingdom for writers to play in.
Unfortunately my suspicion is that there is market resistance to fantasy backgrounds that diverge too much from the European, which is why although people like Dalkey or Johnson write fantasy novels set in India or Japan that are praised by right-thinking reviewers, the second and third raters do not then copy them.
There's also the homework issue. Someone who wants to write the Keltidarod really just needs to flip through a Lackey or perhaps a MZB to learn everything that they need to know to produce a commercial book. Setting something in Kumari Kandam would require, well, research.
I'd say that the exotic-to-westerners names might be a problem but I recently read a fantasy novel where the elf names appeared to have been produced by leaning on the keyboard and that did not seem to be an impediment to sales. Anyway, who wouldn't like names like Jinadasa Durapapathar*?
* I confess, this is the name of an old character of mine from DRAGONQUEST, a not very useful Illusionist (But then, most magic users except the incidiary mages were pretty useless at the start in DQ**). I think I got the name by flipping through old ACC essays.
** OK, your Greater Summoner could have a huge effect on the game, which is why our standard policy was to push any we met off a cliff. In DQ, "Summon Unspeakable Horror" has a base chance of "pretty good" while "Control Unspeakable Horror" had a base chance of "You're joking, right?"
Unfortunately my suspicion is that there is market resistance to fantasy backgrounds that diverge too much from the European, which is why although people like Dalkey or Johnson write fantasy novels set in India or Japan that are praised by right-thinking reviewers, the second and third raters do not then copy them.
There's also the homework issue. Someone who wants to write the Keltidarod really just needs to flip through a Lackey or perhaps a MZB to learn everything that they need to know to produce a commercial book. Setting something in Kumari Kandam would require, well, research.
I'd say that the exotic-to-westerners names might be a problem but I recently read a fantasy novel where the elf names appeared to have been produced by leaning on the keyboard and that did not seem to be an impediment to sales. Anyway, who wouldn't like names like Jinadasa Durapapathar*?
* I confess, this is the name of an old character of mine from DRAGONQUEST, a not very useful Illusionist (But then, most magic users except the incidiary mages were pretty useless at the start in DQ**). I think I got the name by flipping through old ACC essays.
** OK, your Greater Summoner could have a huge effect on the game, which is why our standard policy was to push any we met off a cliff. In DQ, "Summon Unspeakable Horror" has a base chance of "pretty good" while "Control Unspeakable Horror" had a base chance of "You're joking, right?"
What we need is a distraction
Jul. 21st, 2006 04:55 pmCan we distract the faded-carbon-copy style Celtophile writers with some other culture/mythology? I mean, the Dravidians have an entire sunken kingdom for writers to play in.
Unfortunately my suspicion is that there is market resistance to fantasy backgrounds that diverge too much from the European, which is why although people like Dalkey or Johnson write fantasy novels set in India or Japan that are praised by right-thinking reviewers, the second and third raters do not then copy them.
There's also the homework issue. Someone who wants to write the Keltidarod really just needs to flip through a Lackey or perhaps a MZB to learn everything that they need to know to produce a commercial book. Setting something in Kumari Kandam would require, well, research.
I'd say that the exotic-to-westerners names might be a problem but I recently read a fantasy novel where the elf names appeared to have been produced by leaning on the keyboard and that did not seem to be an impediment to sales. Anyway, who wouldn't like names like Jinadasa Durapapathar*?
* I confess, this is the name of an old character of mine from DRAGONQUEST, a not very useful Illusionist (But then, most magic users except the incidiary mages were pretty useless at the start in DQ**). I think I got the name by flipping through old ACC essays.
** OK, your Greater Summoner could have a huge effect on the game, which is why our standard policy was to push any we met off a cliff. In DQ, "Summon Unspeakable Horror" has a base chance of "pretty good" while "Control Unspeakable Horror" had a base chance of "You're joking, right?"
Unfortunately my suspicion is that there is market resistance to fantasy backgrounds that diverge too much from the European, which is why although people like Dalkey or Johnson write fantasy novels set in India or Japan that are praised by right-thinking reviewers, the second and third raters do not then copy them.
There's also the homework issue. Someone who wants to write the Keltidarod really just needs to flip through a Lackey or perhaps a MZB to learn everything that they need to know to produce a commercial book. Setting something in Kumari Kandam would require, well, research.
I'd say that the exotic-to-westerners names might be a problem but I recently read a fantasy novel where the elf names appeared to have been produced by leaning on the keyboard and that did not seem to be an impediment to sales. Anyway, who wouldn't like names like Jinadasa Durapapathar*?
* I confess, this is the name of an old character of mine from DRAGONQUEST, a not very useful Illusionist (But then, most magic users except the incidiary mages were pretty useless at the start in DQ**). I think I got the name by flipping through old ACC essays.
** OK, your Greater Summoner could have a huge effect on the game, which is why our standard policy was to push any we met off a cliff. In DQ, "Summon Unspeakable Horror" has a base chance of "pretty good" while "Control Unspeakable Horror" had a base chance of "You're joking, right?"
What we need is a distraction
Jul. 21st, 2006 04:55 pmCan we distract the faded-carbon-copy style Celtophile writers with some other culture/mythology? I mean, the Dravidians have an entire sunken kingdom for writers to play in.
Unfortunately my suspicion is that there is market resistance to fantasy backgrounds that diverge too much from the European, which is why although people like Dalkey or Johnson write fantasy novels set in India or Japan that are praised by right-thinking reviewers, the second and third raters do not then copy them.
There's also the homework issue. Someone who wants to write the Keltidarod really just needs to flip through a Lackey or perhaps a MZB to learn everything that they need to know to produce a commercial book. Setting something in Kumari Kandam would require, well, research.
I'd say that the exotic-to-westerners names might be a problem but I recently read a fantasy novel where the elf names appeared to have been produced by leaning on the keyboard and that did not seem to be an impediment to sales. Anyway, who wouldn't like names like Jinadasa Durapapathar*?
* I confess, this is the name of an old character of mine from DRAGONQUEST, a not very useful Illusionist (But then, most magic users except the incidiary mages were pretty useless at the start in DQ**). I think I got the name by flipping through old ACC essays.
** OK, your Greater Summoner could have a huge effect on the game, which is why our standard policy was to push any we met off a cliff. In DQ, "Summon Unspeakable Horror" has a base chance of "pretty good" while "Control Unspeakable Horror" had a base chance of "You're joking, right?"
Unfortunately my suspicion is that there is market resistance to fantasy backgrounds that diverge too much from the European, which is why although people like Dalkey or Johnson write fantasy novels set in India or Japan that are praised by right-thinking reviewers, the second and third raters do not then copy them.
There's also the homework issue. Someone who wants to write the Keltidarod really just needs to flip through a Lackey or perhaps a MZB to learn everything that they need to know to produce a commercial book. Setting something in Kumari Kandam would require, well, research.
I'd say that the exotic-to-westerners names might be a problem but I recently read a fantasy novel where the elf names appeared to have been produced by leaning on the keyboard and that did not seem to be an impediment to sales. Anyway, who wouldn't like names like Jinadasa Durapapathar*?
* I confess, this is the name of an old character of mine from DRAGONQUEST, a not very useful Illusionist (But then, most magic users except the incidiary mages were pretty useless at the start in DQ**). I think I got the name by flipping through old ACC essays.
** OK, your Greater Summoner could have a huge effect on the game, which is why our standard policy was to push any we met off a cliff. In DQ, "Summon Unspeakable Horror" has a base chance of "pretty good" while "Control Unspeakable Horror" had a base chance of "You're joking, right?"
Kitchener Pedestrians
Jul. 21st, 2006 09:50 pmI'm used to overtaking pedestrians downtown (despite having to use a cane) because the top speed of KW pedestrians appears to be "lollygag". It seems logical that I might see other cane users overtaking supposedly able-bodied pedestrians.
I just never expected the cane in question to be white.
I just never expected the cane in question to be white.
Kitchener Pedestrians
Jul. 21st, 2006 09:50 pmI'm used to overtaking pedestrians downtown (despite having to use a cane) because the top speed of KW pedestrians appears to be "lollygag". It seems logical that I might see other cane users overtaking supposedly able-bodied pedestrians.
I just never expected the cane in question to be white.
I just never expected the cane in question to be white.
Kitchener Pedestrians
Jul. 21st, 2006 09:50 pmI'm used to overtaking pedestrians downtown (despite having to use a cane) because the top speed of KW pedestrians appears to be "lollygag". It seems logical that I might see other cane users overtaking supposedly able-bodied pedestrians.
I just never expected the cane in question to be white.
I just never expected the cane in question to be white.