RESEARCH RESOURCES: Science Fiction
Since Muse's aren't supposed to play favorites (at least this Muse doesn't think so..) I realized I need to put some work into supporting our Sci-Fi authors in their world building efforts. Therefore,...
View ArticleHannibal Vs. The Joker: Fantasy Fight, Episode three
BANG! A second psychiatrist slumped to the ground, her poker hand falling from her fingers and revealing the three of a kind she hadn’t even had a chance to lay on the table before the Joker pulled the...
View ArticleResearch Resources for Worldbuilding: SPICES
Spices are the all important thing to set one food apart from another. Chicken is just chicken until it has been married to a spice blend to turn it into something else altogether.
View ArticleFabric Types
I have found a comprehensive list of Fabric types that consists of the names only. I'm going to share that list (courtesy of Wikipedia).
View ArticleCalling all Fantasy Writers!
Do you want to write a Fantasy story? Do you have one already written and you're not sure what to do with it? Well look no further. Visual Adjectives may want your story and we will pay you for it!
View ArticleFinding Your Fantasy Character
Fantasy is defined in literature as "a work of fiction portraying highly imaginative (sense ) characters or settings that have no counterparts in the real world.
View ArticleCreating Your Fantasy Story
Have you finally decided that you're ready to write your fantasy story but you're not sure where to begin? Here are some very useful tips from Wikihow to get you started on the road to fantasy story...
View ArticleIf I Were a Fantasy Character What Would I Be?
Using what I know about my life and what I wish could happen, I know I would be a fantasy character that has a pet dragon. I would name him something ordinary like Charles or George but make him...
View ArticleLet’s Talk World Building, Bottom-up or Top-Down?
The definition of world building is – the process of constructing an imaginary world that is coherent and consistent. Basically you are constructing an imaginary world with "coherent qualities such as...
View ArticleThe Fantasy Genres
When I think of fantasy novels I usually think of elves and creatures that are not of this world. I think of worlds with rules that differ from ours where magic and dragons are real. Did you know that...
View ArticleInspiration sources for writing Fantasy
In honor of our upcoming Fantasy Anthology in our New Legends Series, we wanted to share some ideas that may help to inspire you in your fantasy endeavors. Redmage was good enough to make a nice...
View ArticleDesigning My Fantasy World
I’m writing a story and I need to have dragons, magic, skilled assassins, ruthless Monarchs, Princesses in distress, mythical beast, noble knights, magical weapons, enchanted armor, and …. Wait a...
View ArticleFlying Roaches, Spiders, Lizards and Frogs
What clears a room fastest? Put them in order. And why in the HECK are you scared of them?!? The ONLY one remotely dangerous is the Spider and thats only if it is a poisonous one! Roaches don’t bite!!...
View ArticleThe Story of Rayn: Chapter 3~ Follow the Worms
Chapter 3 – Follow the Worms The storm blew a little less angry than normal making travel just a few more steps easier and vision just clear enough to see the edge of town. Fatboy and Rayn made it a...
View ArticleColor Your World Purple
COLOR YOUR WORLD is a series of threads to provide lists of synonyms for different colors. All too often, writers resort to using the same word for a color repeatedly in their writing, leading to a...
View ArticleColor Your World: Blue
COLOR YOUR WORLD is a series of threads to provide lists of synonyms for different colors. All too often, writers resort to using the same word for a color repeatedly in their writing, leading to a...
View ArticleNEW LEGENDS
Visual Adjectives is very excited to announce a new series, appropriately called NEW LEGENDS. New Legends introduces new characters with new origins and new legends in the making. Expanding on the...
View ArticleThe Lost Magic In Comics
Awhile back in our forum www.visadj.com, Blackmage and John Reid had a very interesting conversation about comics. I thought I would share some of it, because it really was quite thought provoking....
View ArticleThe Story of Rayn- Chapter 5: The Wetcats
Chapter 5 – The Wetcats A rumbling stomach from hunger and a stiff chill reminded Fatboy that morning had crept into their makeshift living room campsite and it wanted its share of time in their lives....
View ArticleResearch Resources: Lycanthropy
It seems that much of today’s entertainment features either zombies, vampires or werewolves. In doing a little digging, we discovered that Lycanthropy is an actual disorder with...
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