The Colorless Dragon Thread (Page 3 of 15)

Alright, so I'm trying to write the next chapter with Maya leaving the Scofflaw's "safehouse" and I am having some serious issues with the word "safehouse". It doesn't seem appropriate for the fantasy/medieval genre, but I can't think of another word! Even thesaurus.com's recommendations aren't cutting it.

Help!

-Elisheva

I like bolt-hole. But there are other options. Net. Securespace. Sanctuary. Shelter. Haven. Safehaven

Anant the review: not sure what flattery will get you, but it's good for something, I'm sure.

Toot Toot New Jersey!

I have to say, these days I'm like, should I even bother to google it or do I just save myself the time and hassle and post it straight here? You guys are that good!

I'm probably only half-way through chapter 9 and keep getting distracted by rewriting previous chapters. I've added 500 words to my prologue alone. Is this normal? =P

-Elisheva

I've been playing with calendars (Wheee!) and I'd like an opinion (or twelve).

So, the days are named by the moons and suns (sun-days being equivalent of our weekend while moon-days are work days, for nobility at least) like this:

(Suns)
Ixult's Day
Ceul's Day
(Moons)
Ateir's Day
Keusoh's Day
Yoph's Day
Raith's Day

Essentially, weeks are numbered. For instance, Ixult's Day in the second week of the month is called "Second Ixult's Day". (Yay! Simplicity!) There are fourteen in each month. The "months" themselves are actually seasons, so there's only four and they follow in line with the Elementalist religion. I followed some Wiccan guides for these (Yes, I do research on occasion):

Fire Season (Summer)
Water Season (Autumn)
Earth Season (Winter)
Air Season (Spring)

Then comes the year (cycle). Since nobility are the ones who will be truly paying attention to the calendar, I'm naming the cycles by the noble house currently on the throne. Prior to the Empire, they went like this:

Twenty-Sixth Cycle of House Rosenward

At the beginning of the book, it looks like this:

Sixteenth Cycle of The Empire

The Empire isn't half bad, but the full House cycle names are quite the mouthful, so I was thinking of the slang term being "Rosenward's Twenty-Sixth". In conclusion, this would be the full name of a particular date:

Third Ceul's Day, Fire Season, Sixteenth Cycle of The Empire

So my questions are: A) Does it make sense? B) Any loopholes? and C) General opinion before I dive in and change all my chapters? (Which I totally haven't done already. )

-Elisheva

In Wiccan terminology, a moon day is when you bleed for your period. Not positive but pretty sure on that.

A) It makes sense to me
B) Not that I can see - the shorter year compared to "earth" is easy enough to handle since you have 'seasons' and not months
C) How are you going to explain this to your readers? Or won't it be like super important to know the specifics?

Not sure this is helping, but I try.

I fixed a small error in your post! LOL

But other than that, it would seem you came up with a pretty good idea! Go for it, is my vote.

Hahaha! There is a slight possibility that I love this site far too much.

Between moving apartments on Wednesday, and Thanksgiving after that (Turkey!! Wheee!), then my birthday immediately after that, I really doubt I'm going to get my next chapter posted anytime soon. I'll sure try, though!

No cattle prod, K! Not unless you want to come over here and help me move boxes.

-Elisheva

Passports can be arranged. *cough-cough*