Tag: words

• Doing things my own way. As usual.

  One of my summer projects

  K. M. Herkes

  July 27, 2017

  3. Other Things, Authoring, Whimsy, Writing Advice

  blogging, creativity, free-writing, iincadescent, words, writer’s life

• If I Wrote A Bestseller…

  

  …what would it be like?

  K. M. Herkes

  March 7, 2017

  Whimsy, Writing Life

  craft, humor, philosophy, words, writing

• Real slang for an imaginary world

  My fantasy world characters toss around a lot of jargon and slang specific to their reality.I love constructing their everyday lingo. I do thousands of hours of language and historical research and write thousands of words in background notes before I settle on the words and phrases my characters use to describe made-up events, issues, and concepts. And then I […]

  K. M. Herkes

  November 17, 2016

  2. Worldbuilding, nuts & bolts, Writing Life

  conlang, fun, research, rough passages, slang, vocabulary, words, worldbuilding

• Superpowers = super tricky

  Making wild powers fit into tame descriptions: not easy.

  K. M. Herkes

  October 20, 2016

  2. Worldbuilding, hIstorical notes, nuts & bolts

  fantasy, research, rough passages, superpowers, words, worldbuilding

• Labeling superpowers: a tricky trick.

  The first of two posts about the superpowers system in my fantasy series, The Rough Passages Tales.

  K. M. Herkes

  October 6, 2016

  2. Worldbuilding, nuts & bolts

  fantasy, research, rough passages, superpowers, words, worldbuilding