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Giving Thanks: The people I love

Hi everyone, and welcome to Too Many Books to Count! I’m so glad you’ve returned for the final week of our November series! All month long, as you know, we’ve been talking about things we’re thankful for, and reasons beyond the obvious, for that thankfulness. We’ve talked about things like cold weather, wordsmiths, editors, and so much more—and if you haven’t read the rest of the series, I strongly encourage that you do. It’s been a really fun one, and I myself have gotten a lot out of it, as well. There are a lot of things for you be thankful for, in a lot of ways we often don’t consider.
Today? I have one last thing I’m extremely thankful for, and that I think every one of us should be thankful for, in some way, shape, or form.
Giving Thanks: The people I love
Obvious, yes? It should be. But it’s so obvious that I really wanted to spend some time with this one. It’s one that everyone is thankful for. We’re thankful for the people around us, the people we love, no matter what. But I don’t think we often think about why we’re thankful for those people, or what it is about them that makes us thankful for them.
So that’s what I want to talk about, today. I’m going to tell you about some of the people I love, and tell you why it is that I’m so thankful for them—in the hopes that you, too, will think of the people you love, and really appreciate why it is that you should be so very thankful for them.
Nicole
I credit Nicole with some of why I started writing, in the first place. She was my best friend, from the time we were both two years old, and she’s still one of the best friends I have. She’s always there, even if I rarely get to see her in person anymore (adulting...). She’s the one I first wrote stupid teenage mysteries with, the person with whom I wrote a series of short stories about silly animals, and the person with whom I discovered a love of many, many fonts (of which I had to break myself, when I started publishing… no one wants to read a whole book in a script font, guys). Nicole is the friend who’s been there with me, through it all, and who’s encouraged me every single step of the way. And even if she’s often too busy to pick up a book and read it (nurses are awesome, y'all), I know what’s in her heart—and that’s the part that matters.
I’m thankful for her, because she was one of the people who first encouraged me to write, whether she knew it at the time or not.
Devon & Andrew
Devon’s my sis. We met in college, on a fluke day, twice, and we’ve been together ever since. Andrew’s her husband, and at this point he’s just as much of a friend to me as she is. They’re the people who ask about my writing, who let me talk about what I do, in all sorts of weird ways. They’re the people who encourage me to try new things, like getting back into gaming. Andrew and I are even attempting to co-write a novel together. They’re the duo I go to when I want to go do something fun, take a trip to Vegas, or just curl up on the couch and watch a stupid movie. And I love them for that—because we all need someone to chill with, someone to laugh with, and someone to enjoy life with.
I’m thankful for them, because they’re the ones who’ve always helped to get me out of my shell, in more ways than I can count.
Mum
It goes without saying, but I love my mum. I love my dad too, don’t get me wrong, but there’s just something about a mum, you know? Mum’s my cheerleader, my event co-host, my sous chef, my belly dance partner, and my very best friend. She proofreads my books, she’s cried with me when I’ve finished writing a story I love, and she’s literally been there for me, from the beginning.
I’m thankful for her, because she’s helped me grow into the person I am, today.

And now I hope you all think of the people you love, ponder why you love them, why you’re thankful for them, and maybe even contact them, to let them know.
[love]
{Rani Divine}

Giving Thanks: Cold weather, hot tea, comfy chairs

Hi there, and welcome back to Too Many Books to Count! I’m so glad you stopped by! All month long, we’re talking about thankfulness, and the many things we writers have to be thankful about. I’m doing my best to show you, through a lens you might not have used before, why these are all things that we should be thankful for, even if they’re things we may not enjoy, or things that we ignore or take as commonplace. We’ve talked about things like editors and wordsmiths, linguistics and syntax, and today, I want to talk about something that I’m fairly certain very few of you have thought to be thankful for—at least, in the way we’re talking about, today.
Giving Thanks: Cold weather, hot tea, comfy chairs
Oh, I know, I’m sure lots of you are thankful for all three of these things. Others of you, I’m sure are thankful for only one or two. And still others are looking at that list and wondering why on earth you should be thankful for those at all. Well, that’s why I’d like to talk about them today.
Really, we writers should all be extremely thankful for cold weather.
Why? Well, what’s your favorite thing to do when it’s cold outside, and you’re cooped up in your house? What’s your favorite place to sit, while you’re doing that thing? And what are you usually drinking, at that time?
Some of you are catching my drift, right about now.
As writers, we should be thankful for cold weather, hot tea, and comfy chairs—because these are all things people enjoy while they’re reading. Many a reader will only read during the colder months, because during the warmer months they prefer to be outside, enjoying the weather. Readers take fall and winter to curl up in those comfy chairs, have a cup of tea, and catch up on all the reading they didn’t get through over the summer (because, let’s face it, we all make a summer reading list, and very few of us make it very far through). Cold weather means more people are staying inside, staying inside and ordering things like books, so they can keep staying inside and keep churning through those to-read piles. Be thankful for that. Even if your book is stuck in those stacks of to-read books, cold weather means your book has a better chance of reaching the top of the stack, and even being read. It’s probably not going to happen over the summer, so winter is our chance!
So be thankful, my writer friends. Be thankful for cold weather, for hot tea, and for comfy chairs. Because these are all things that lead readers to pick up your book, to enter the world you’ve created, and to enjoy the tale that you’ve so wanted them to be a part of.
[love]
{Rani Divine}

Giving Thanks: Creativity

Hi everyone, and welcome back to Too Many Books to Count! Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week?—cause I sure can’t. It feels like the end of the year really snuck up on me. But, in any case, all month long, we’re talking about thankfulness, and things that we, as writers, as creators, should be thankful for. So far, we’ve talked about things like editors, books, creative minds, and even linguistics, and I’ve tried my best to show you from a unique perspective, why it is that we should all be thankful for these things. And today, I want to talk about one of the simplest and most basic things that we should be thankful for, but one that I’m pretty sure every single person takes for granted, every day.
Giving Thanks: Creativity
See? How often do you sit down and think, “Goodness, I’m thankful for creativity”? I’m willing to bet that it doesn’t happen very often. Creativity is one of those things that we’re all born with, in one capacity or another, and because of that, I think it’s something that we completely forget about when push comes to shove.
For us writers, creativity is highly important for our continued success in our chosen field. It’s the same for artists. And honestly, it’s the same for businesspeople. We all need a certain measure of creativity, to get through our daily lives, and to succeed within those lives. If we’re facing a problem, whether it be with work, school, or even with something at home, it’s often creativity that shows us the way out, the way to fix the problem or come up with a unique solution that suits us, in that particular moment. Without creativity, problem solving would be a whole lot more difficult. But then there’s storytelling. Storytelling wouldn’t even exist, if it wasn’t for creativity. Why would we even bother telling stories, if we couldn’t be creative in the process? It would all be like professional writing, where editors take out every last scrap of uniqueness between authors, where any creative liberties would have to be removed so everyone sounds the same, where everything is about facts and nothing but the facts—and how boring would that be?
So I’m thankful for creativity, because without it, I don’t know where I’d be.
Creativity is how we move forward in the world, how we change the things around us, how we process and perceive and define things in our lives. Creativity is a lens, through which we see and understand the world around us. And creativity is a lens through which we create new worlds, to teach people about the world they live in, today.
My challenge to you, this week, is to notice all the times you’re being creative. Notice them, focus on them, and be thankful for them. Be thankful for your capacity to be creative. You were designed that way. You were made that way. And I sincerely hope you’ll learn to appreciate it, as much as I do. It really changes the way you write, when you’re always thankful for the ability to do so.
[love]
{Rani Divine}

Giving Thanks: Books of (nearly every) genre

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Too Many Books to Count! I’m so glad you stopped by. It’s November, the month of Thanksgiving where I’m from, and so I wanted this month’s theme to match, in some way. This year, I went completely literal. So all month long, we’re talking about things that I’m thankful for, as an author and editor, and looking at them through a lens that you might not have thought about previously.
So far, we’ve talked about things like wordsmiths, creativity, and even linguistics—and today, we’re talking about the most obvious thing.
Giving Thanks: Books of (nearly every) genre
We’re writers, so obviously we love books. We have to. If we didn’t love books, we probably wouldn’t be in this field. And that’s okay. We wouldn’t have to be. But I don’t think enough of us really consider why we ought to be thankful for books, or what it is about books that requires our thanks. It’s not the authors behind them, not the people behind them who’ve worked to make those books amazing and readable and like a work of art that we could step into without a beat, nor is it the editors who’ve slaved for hours on end to help those authors make these books exactly what they are by the time we read them. No, it’s the books themselves, that we should be thankful for.
Why? Because books aren’t just the thing we love, the thing we work in, the thing we pride ourselves on. Books are adventures. Books are lessons. Books are whatever we take them to be, on the day we pick them up. Books are a way we learn about the world around us, in a way we can’t do through television, or even through audio (yeah, I said it—you won’t get as much out of a book if you only listen to it).
Be thankful for books, because books were created for you, for a purpose.
For me, books are a form of escape, in some ways. It’s a way to move from reality into a new world, a world that’s very different from the one in which I really live. They’re also a way to learn. I read books a great deal, even rather than searching the internet in some cases, in an effort to learn things I didn’t already know. Books are a way for me to discover things, a way for me to understand the world in new ways, all because I sat down and read for a few hours.
I don’t think we think about it enough, if I’m being perfectly honest. I think that we take books for granted, and that we should really think about it, like we should think about all the little things in our lives—and be thankful, because as you’ve seen in many of those books on your shelves, the world could’ve turned out differently, in many different ways. There could’ve been a world with no books, and where would we be, then?
I don’t want to know. I don’t want to know, at all.
[love]
{Rani Divine}

Giving Thanks: Authors, artists, and creative minds

Hi everyone, and welcome back to Too Many Books to Count! I’m so glad you stopped by! All month long, since it’s the month of Thanksgiving (if you’re in the US, of course), we’re talking about things to be thankful for, as writers and creators. Last week, we talked about the real reasons why we should be thankful for words, linguistics, and writing—as well as for wordsmiths and editors all around us. And this week, I have a few more things to get you thinking about the things you could (and should) be thankful for.
Giving Thanks: Authors, artists, and creative minds
Sure, these are all things I’m sure you’ve thought to be thankful for at some point in your life. If you’re a reader (which you should be, as a writer), then of course you’re thankful for the authors you love. And if you’re a writer, then I hope you’re thankful for the artists from whom you’ve taken inspiration. All of these are creative minds—and all of these have a great importance to us, as creators ourselves.
Both artists and authors play a huge role in the lives of other authors and artists. We’re in a bit of a symbiotic relationship, as it were. We’re constantly using each other as resources of inspiration, as ways to escape our own lives and the things around us, and even use them as ways to point to our own works of art. Without authors, we wouldn’t have stories to draw on, ideas to learn from, tales to enjoy and escape into on a daily basis. Without artists, we wouldn’t have fantastical images of beauty and horror, visual interpretations of the things we read every day. We need them both, in order to fully enjoy our own creativity, in order to fully explore and invigorate our own creativity. So of course we should be thankful for them, every day of our lives. Whether we’re authors or editors or artists or none of the above—because we all take part in the arts, whether we realize it or not.
So I’m thankful for authors and artists, because without them, I’d never find inspiration the same way.
And then there’re creative minds. I highly doubt many of you have taken any significant amount of time to consider the importance of creativity, in general. It’s something that’s stifled, these days, in schools all across the world. There’s a trend in the school systems for everyone to be taught to think the same, to think through a specific lens, and not to look outside the box in which they’ve been placed. That’s a problem, if you ask me. Because without creativity, without an ability to think outside that box and ask the questions from which great stories come… there would be no great stories at all. There would be no innovative art. Everything would be the same, rote, and boring. And that’s just not okay. We need creative minds—in fact, every one of us should embrace the creativity of our minds. By doing so, we expand our minds, we learn to understand and even embrace things we couldn’t do without that creativity. We become new, when we embrace our creativity. We become a shell, when we deny it.
So I’m thankful for creative minds, for unique beings, because we’re all pretty awesome when we let our uniqueness out.
Let’s embrace that creativity, shall we?
[love]
{Rani Divine}

Giving Thanks: For editors and wordsmiths

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Too Many Books to Count! I’m so glad you stopped by. This month, as it’s the month of Thanksgiving, we’re talking thankfulness, and the things that we writers should all be thankful for, in our lives. Some of them, like words themselves and the linguistics we use to speak them, you might not have thought of before. Others, like the pair we’ll be talking about today, I hope that you’ve been thankful for since the moment you started writing. But whatever they are, I’m talking about them from the angle of the writer, to show you why I, as a writer, am extremely thankful for these things.
Giving Thanks: For editors and wordsmiths
See what I mean? I hope that you’ve always been thankful for these things. These are two things that you’ll be working with a lot, if you’re an author—and if you’re not working with them, then I’m not sure what rock you’ve been hiding under ;-)
I’m extremely thankful for the wordsmiths who came before me, and for those who exist all around me. I’m thankful to be able to pick up a book and find inspiration for the story I’m working on, based on work another wordsmith did before me. I’m thankful that wordsmiths exist at all, that there are people out there who pride themselves on stringing words together in the most beautiful or powerful ways possible, that there are people who know and love words so much that they know every in and out of every word, and that they know how to use words to create the biggest of impacts. For me, that’s what it’s all about.
I want to create impact, with my writing. I want to be powerful and intentional, with the words I choose. And for that, I’m thankful for myriad wordsmiths who’ve come before me, from whom I can learn and understand and grow into my own writing talent. I’m thankful for the wordsmiths who inspired me to write in the first place, and I’m thankful for those who continue to inspire me, day in and day out.
But I’m also extremely thankful for editors, because without them, even those amazing wordsmiths wouldn’t have gotten it right every time. I’m thankful for the editors who stand quietly behind the best of authors, the editors who stand their quietly and proudly, knowing that it’s their work the audience is reading, too, and not wanting credit for a cent of it. I’m thankful for those editors who edit with a zeal and passion that matches that of the writer, so the story turns out even better than either one could’ve imagined.
Editors are, as you know, extremely important in the writing world—and I think writers aren’t always as thankful for them as we should be. Editors are the biggest fans of writing, and I wish more writers would see it that way. Editors work hard at what they do, at making someone else’s work shine brighter than the writer could’ve done on their own—and I for one am extremely thankful for them, because without my editors, I would’ve published a slew of plotholes over the years. And nobody wants to do that.
I’m thankful, for the people in the writing world. Wordsmiths, editors, you name it—I’m thankful for all of them, especially for those who came long before me, as they helped to shape the world we’re in, with their stories and mastery of words.
We can do that too, you know, for those ahead of us. What words would you wish to leave behind?
[love]
{Rani Divine}

Giving Thanks: For words, linguistics, and writing

Hi there, and welcome back to Too Many Books to Count! I’m so glad you stopped by. It’s November, and that means it’s time for a new series—and for this month, I decided to talk about something that’s a little more attuned to the season, this being the month of Thanksgiving, which just so happens to be my mother’s favorite holiday. I wanted to talk about something that I don’t often talk about, in that… I want to show you, why I’m thankful for some of the things that you might not have considered, when it comes to the world of writing, editing, and publishing.
Giving Thanks: For words, linguistics, and writing
This one, you might’ve been able to guess. But I want to talk about them from an angle you may not have thought of, in the past.
I’m thankful for words, not just because they’re the things my passion is based in, the thing I deal in every single day of my life, but because without them, communication, story, even life wouldn’t be the same in any way. Words are more important than we give them credit for. They can build others up, tear others down, create worlds, and destroy them. Words have a power, that people don’t often consider—and it’s that power that I’m thankful for. I’m thankful to work in a field that allows me to really see the power words have, over everything. Speak life into people, and they come alive with joy. Speak hatred, and watch as they crumple. It’s the same with story. Write your words with passion and zeal, and your readers will see the passion you poured into your work. Write them without, write them with laziness and boredom, and your readers will feel that same boredom.
So I’m thankful, for words, and for the chance to work with them, every day of my life.
I’m thankful for linguistics, too. Linguistics, to me, ties into the use of words in a way that intrigues me to no end. There’s a specific cadence to words, to language, to speech in general, that I’m always trying to capture, in my writing. You might notice a slight overuse of commas in my writing, in my attempt to make my writing read the way I want it to be spoken. Linguistics is all about sound, about how words are said and what way they’re said, and it’s one of those extremely difficult things to capture, when it comes to writing—but I’m thankful for it, because it’s a challenge, and because I do love a challenge.
So I’m thankful for linguistics, because without them, words wouldn’t make much sense.
I’m thankful for writing, perhaps most of all, of the three. I’m so extremely thankful that people started writing, at all. I’m glad that we, as a people, thought to write down our stories and catalog them. I’m glad that we no longer think of story as something to avoid, something to forget at a moment’s notice. We’re all full of story, if you think about it. Every moment of our lives could be considered a moment within a story—and that, to me, is utterly fascinating. We all exist in story, and we all exist in writing. We send emails, we post things on social media, we send text messages and write little notes to ourselves and to others, always writing, always using these little memos to define the story in which we live.
So I’m thankful for writing, and for the ability to write, to create, and to define.

That’s what we’ll be talking about, this month—things that I’m thankful for, and things that you’re probably thankful for too, though some of them you might not have really thought about before.
[love]
{Rani Divine}

Genre Mashups: A mystery in the stars

Well, it's Tuesday... and I see now that this didn't post last week, like I meant it to. So here it is, several days late! And don't worry, I'm also starting this month's series today, as well.

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Hi everyone, and welcome back to Too Many Books to Count! It’s finale day! Well, technically it should've been yesterday... but I'm only a day late! (or more...)
All month long, we’ve been talking about a plethora of genres, and mashing them together to get our creative juices flowing, to get ourselves ready for the month of writing that is NaNoWriMo. We’ve put together genres that easily go together, and genres that really… don’t… and honestly, I’ve had a great deal of fun playing with the writing prompts I’ve been putting at the end of each post—and I’ve loved seeing what you’ve all come up with!
So let’s get into our final episode, shall we?
Genre Mashups: A mystery in the stars
Today, we’re talking mystery and science fiction—two genres that I adore seeing together, and that I’m honestly really bad at putting together. I’ve tried, in one way or another, and it just never works out. I’m more of an action writer, if I do say so myself.
But that won’t stop me from talking about these two, today.
Let’s define!
Science fiction is, as we talked about the other day, a genre that’s defined by things that appear or take place within the genre. It’s a genre that’s littered with scientific advancements, things like laser blasters and holograms, all as mundane parts of life for the characters within. It’s a genre that often takes place at least partially in space, or on another world altogether—and it’s one of my favorite genres to write. Mystery, on the other hand, is a genre that’s defined by the single thing that musttake place within the story. There must be a mystery. There’s usually a detective, though not always a willing one, and sometimes it’s a complete amateur. But there’s no other requirement, when it comes to this genre. All it demands is that there must be a mystery, and the focus of the book must be on the solving of that mystery. Simple, right? Except that this means we have the world available, to throw into the story… and sometimes that makes it even more difficult to write.
These two, I think, are a pair that belong together. Like the beginning of The Expanse, where it was focused on the mystery of the girl’s death, and nothing else mattered (it really devolved, after that)… science fiction and mystery can be one of the most cunning pairs, and often keep readers glued to the page from start to finish, without really trying. We just gotta know how it ends!
So let’s put them together, shall we?
Write me a story, set on Earth, in the far future. There’s so much technology around that there are no police officers anymore, no detectives, no law enforcement. We’re so technologically advanced that we don’t need those anymore, because we keep our people in line, with our technology. But then somebody dies. And somebody sees. And that second somebody, they need to find out what’s really going on.
Lead us on a merry chase, my dear writers! Show me what you’ve got. I think this one could be amazing, when it comes to a NaNoWriMo story.
Thank you all so much for joining me, this month (let's pretend it's still October, for just a second longer)! I have a special series lined up for November, so be sure to stop by and see what we’ll be focusing on all next month!
[love]
{Rani Divine}

Genre Mashups: Scares in space

Hi everyone, and welcome back to Too Many Books to Count! I’m so glad you stopped by! It’s finale week, as it’s the last week of the month… and I am, as always, a little sad to see this series go. I’ve been enjoying it. Don’t I always? I’ve had a lot of fun coming up with writing prompts, and discussing many of the different facets of genre, before we get into the amazing month of November, for NaNoWriMo. Do you all have ideas of what you’re going to be writing, this November? If you do, drop me a line and let me know! I’d love the chance to encourage you along the way!
But for now, let’s get into the final week of our October series! This month, as you know, we’re talking genre. We’ve been discussing some genres that aren’t often seen together, and discussing a writing prompt for how to mash those two genres together. And while last week we talked about one half of my wheel house, today, we’ll be talking about the other.
Genre Mashups: Scares in space
That’s right; today, we’re talking about science fiction and horror. Two genres that I get a great deal of enjoyment from. In fact, I have a whole full-length novel series in science fiction, and I’ve written a few short stories in horror. They’re both great ways to really let out that creative energy, for me.
But let’s define our genres, shall we?
Horror is, as we said last week, just that. It’s a genre that’s focused around horror. There’s usually jump scares, heart-pounding tension, blood, guts, gore, creepy-crawlies, monsters, thrashers, serial killers—the list goes on. It’s a categorical genre, defined mostly by the fact that anything in horror must have elements really designed to freak people out. We want to be scared, when we read horror. And only sometimes do we want to really feel better, by the end of the book. Science fiction, on the other hand, is a little harder to define. It’s a genre that often takes place in the future, because it’s often defined by levels of science that we haven’t achieved yet, in reality. Things like hover cars, laser blasters, space travel as a common occurrence, even aliens and other worlds, exist in science fiction. It’s a genre that is, again, very categorical. Science fiction is really defined by things that exist within the genre, rather than the theme the story takes within the genre (like mystery, for example, which is defined by a thing taking place, but not by anything else within the genre).
For me, I think science fiction and horror mash together quite nicely. And if I’m honest, there are zillions of authors out there who are already messing with these two, already throwing them together every chance they get.
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t play with these two—because, again, just because other authors are doing it, doesn’t mean we’ve done it.
So, write me a story. Write me a story that takes place in the future, where space travel is a common occurrence. Write me a story where there’s a ship on a pilgrimage to a new world, a better world (they don’t necessarily have to be from Earth). While they’re on that pilgrimage, disaster needs to strike. What’s your biggest fear? That’s the thing that manifests, for every member of the crew. But why? And what dangers will that bring, along the way?
Just some questions, for you to answer. As always, I have lots of ideas for this one. Let me know if you write something off this prompt! I’d love to see what you come up with!
[love]
{Rani Divine}

Genre Mashups: The horror of dragons

Hi everyone, and welcome back to Too Many Books to Count! I’m so glad you stopped by. This month, as I’m sure you all know, we’re talking about genres—and mashing them together to get our creative juices flowing, to get those ideas going, just in time for NaNoWriMo! See?! I finally remembered to do a NaNoWriMo based series the month before! It had to happen some year, didn’t it? ;-)
Today, we’re talking about one of my favorite genres to read and write, and one of my favorite genres to watch on television. And they also happen to be a pair of genres that mash really well, really beautifully, and often turn out really fun, together.
Genre Mashups: The horror of dragons
Yep, you read that right! We’re talking about horror and fantasy. And yes, if you didn’t know, I actually really enjoy horror movies and horror television shows. Mostly because I don’t actually scare that easily, and I enjoy the suspense.
Let’s define our genres, shall we?
Fantasy, as you’ll well know if you were here on Tuesday, is a genre that’s really a category, one that mixes well with others because there’s no specific theme to the stories within it—just specific things. It’s a genre that’s focused around the existence of elves, dwarves, dragons, and what have you, alongside the frequent use of magic in one form or another. It’s also one of the most popular genres around, these days—which I think makes it a fun genre to hang out in, when it comes to writing. Horror, on the other hand, is a genre that’s focused around just that: the scares. It’s a genre that’s often defined by blood and gore, by jump scares and frightening sequences, by paranormal, by aliens, by serial killers, and any number of other things that any people might find frightening. Personally, the only thing I can’t stand is when they throw in bugs. I hate bugs. But in any case, horror is a thematic genre, which means it also blends extremely well with genres like fantasy, science fiction, history, or really any other genre under the sun.
For me, these two being paired together makes me think of the Witcher series. I’m sure many of you have played the video games. I’ve read the books—and honestly, I do not recommend them. The writing is bland, though the story is decent. I struggled to get all the way through the main series. But, Sapkowski designed his series to be both fantasy and horror—and that, for me, made it a really fun series to read. I hadn’t read anything like it before.
So let’s use his works, as a base for our writing prompt. In a way.
I want you to write about a gnome. Why a gnome? Because I think they’re often ignored, when it comes to fantasy. So write me a story about a gnome, who’s a monster slayer. Yeah, it can get a little silly. I honestly think that helps, when it comes to horror. It can make the story a lot more fun to write, and really great to read. So let it get silly, if you want it to. But whatever he’s fighting has to be extremely dangerous, and he has to come close to death. You can bring something else in to save him, if you need to.
Vague? Yes. But sometimes we need vague, in order to get our own creativity flowing. And if you thought of something else, while I was describing our genres? Then roll with it!—let me know if you do though, because I really love seeing these two genres together, and I’d love seeing what you come up with!
[love]
{Rani Divine}