Tag Archives: Ring of Adonel

Visualizing Mythology

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Sarah

The key story from the mythology of Arveniem for my novel The Ring of Adonel (which I’m still working upon) involves the wounding of Adonel Aelianus and the consequent making of the Sun. The Myth The short version of the … Continue reading →

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Late Night Ideas and Surprise Foreshadowing

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Sarah

I had some interesting thoughts on how writers come to include foreshadowing in their works. It isn’t always planned. (Originally posted on Live Journal — Jun. 28th, 2009 at 8:17 AM) Last night, as I was getting ready for bed, I … Continue reading →

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Archeological Creativity

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Sarah

(Originally posted on Live Journal – Feb. 9th, 2009 at 9:29 AM) Or would it be creative archeology? The last couple of weeks I’ve been transferring information from two notebooks into a program on my computer. Now, that might sound … Continue reading →

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Getting This Launched

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Sarah

I’ve been delaying getting this blog up and launched, because I was debating whether or not to give the fantasy works their own domain. But I decided not to. ScribblerWorks was always intended to have a lot to it, so … Continue reading →

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What Do the Not-So-Simple Folk Do?

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’m not entirely sure what sent me off on this train of thought this last week. It certainly did not entirely begin with the matter of how one’s personal occupation and interests can affect one’s speaking … Continue reading →

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Terms For a Fantasy World

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) One of the things about creating a totally new fantasy world is that you don’t want it to sound too much like “this world”. And I certainly didn’t want to sound like I was copying Tolkien … Continue reading →

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The Story So Far

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I recently completed a chapter of The Ring of Adonel that had a goodly share of exposition (this is chapter 14). Not only that, when I got into the writing, I realized that what on the … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Naming – Arveniem

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’ve been nose-to-grindstone the last couple of weeks, working on getting the manuscript of The Scribbler’s Guide to the Land of Myth (plug, plug!) ready for BookSurge to do their magic on it. So, working on … Continue reading →

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Thoughts About Derivation

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I began writing my first fantasy novel in high school. Inspired mostly by Tolkien, actually. In the sense of … it was reading Tolkien’s work that nudged me into actively focusing my writing impulses on creating … Continue reading →

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Help Me Build a Ritual!

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Sarah

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) Okay. I’ve been piffling my way through revising the early chapters of The Ring of Adonel, I’m also giving some vague consideration to how I shall move forward from where I am stuck. I need to … Continue reading →

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