Fantasy Name Generator
By Samuel Stoddard - Version 1.5 One of the perks of creating fantasy stories -- whether by writing a story or game or by role-playing -- is you get to make up the names. Some people relish the task while others are frustrated by it. Some like it but can't seem to create names that are diverse enough. Fantasy Name Generator is a tool that can help you. In addition, this tool can be fairly amusing to use even if you don't have any name creating to do. You can use the fantasy name generator below.
Surnames in Fantasy?
You should look at the ways people come up with surnames in our world. Patronymics, names based off where they're from, etc. The SCA website has a very nice explanation of all the ways people arrived at various types of surnames. It's buried a few layers down in links, though. Personally, when I'm coming up with fantasy surnames, I do it the same way as first names. If you've got a decent conlang behind it, you could be more creative: "Vura Moahti" where "mo" means "black" and "ahti" means "wood". If you want to use a trade, another common way to make a surname, you could have "M'bala Tak", where "Tak" means "smith". Many surnames, especially those chosen when a group was forced to take a surname are ornamental. Now, if this was D&D style, the character would probably be called "Ghil Whiterose", but since it's general fantasy, I'm leaving the name untranslated. These names are all on-the-fly, since I usually don't go this deep for my own naming.
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Paranoia: What's it all about?
What is Paranoia about? Paranoia is a roleplaying game with a difference. Where as other RPGs encourage players to work together towards a common goal, Paranoia encourages backstabbing, double-crossing and bare-faced lying. The back of the Paranoia rulebook describes the game as follows: Imagine a world designed by Kafka, Stalin, Orwell, Huxley, Sartre and the Marx Brothers... Paranoia is a roleplaying game set in a darkly humorous future. You play one of The Computer's elite agents. Paranoia: A lighthearted game of terror, death, bureaucracies, mad scientists, mutants, dangerous weapons, and insane robots, which encourages players to lie, to cheat, and backstab each other at every turn. Is that fun? Trust us. Suffice to say, Paranoia is fun. Alpha Complex This is where everybody lives. The Computer The Computer runs everything within Alpha Complex. Though deranged, The Computer believes it is doing the right thing. Clones The Computer doesn't make that kind of mistake. Mutations Secret Societies
Slack 'n' Hash- Name Generators
After much deliberation… goodbye. Sort of. For now. I've neglected this site for a good couple of years, and let's face it, the months leading up to that point weren't exactly stellar either. So, time to own up, lower the curtain on this enterprise and consider my next step. Phil Smith , May 2011
10 Strategies for Finding Quality Time to Produce Content
Part of my personal and professional job is creating content. Content for blogs, presentations, papers, emails, tweets, you name it. Contrary to popular belief, content can not just be created in a few seconds. I know that I’m not alone here. Office hours – this is an idea that I borrowed from college. What tips or tricks do you have when creating content, collecting your thoughts or just sharpening that pencil in your brain? HTD says: How do you create content? 10 Strategies for Finding Quality Time to Produce Content was last modified: January 26th, 2011 by Michael Sheehan
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How to Write & Blog Efficiently with Free Tools like Evernote, DropBox, Picasa & Live Writer
A while ago, I wrote a blog post about . That was over a year ago. Times have changed, tools have evolved and processes have gotten better, at least for me. I still believe that how your blog or write is extremely personal in nature and what may work for me, might not for others. To quickly outline how I write an article or blog post, here is a high-level process and the I use. So, here’s how I currently do my blog writing: – save a title for an article (Evernote) – get your ideas down (Evernote) – take pictures and photos (Picasa, DropBox) – move it all to your blogging software (Live Writer) – edit it all, print out and read (PAPER!) – get your article live & share it (WordPress, Twitter, Facebook) Those are pretty much the 6 easy steps that I use as well as the free tools that I use for each step. Conceptualizing a subject for an interesting article is always hard. My writing process has evolved from when I first wrote my “how I blog” article. Remember I mentioned DropBox before?
Writing a Novel and Getting Published For Dummies Cheat Sheet
The Checklist for Writing a Novel and Getting Published Don’t fall down on the easy stuff. If you’re writing a novel and sending your manuscript to a publisher, it has to be in perfect shape. Technical Have you run a spell check on your entire manuscript? Language Is the language in your novel clear and understandable? Character Are all your novel's characters utterly necessary? Style Have you checked that, wherever possible, you’re ‘showing’ and not ‘telling’? Theme Does your book have a theme? Dialogue Is the dialogue within your novel realistic? The Structure of Your Novel Checklist The structure is the backbone of a book: beneath the surface, it holds everything together and imposes order on the flow. You may need to play around with the structure before you feel it’s right. Ask yourself the following questions: Are the chapters linked and do they flow?
The Checklist for Writing a Novel and Getting Published
Don’t fall down on the easy stuff. If you’re writing a novel and sending your manuscript to a publisher, it has to be in perfect shape. Make sure that you can tick every box before you consider your novel completely finished. Technical Have you run a spell check on your entire manuscript? (If you have problems with the passive voice, run a grammar check too.) Language Is the language in your novel clear and understandable? Character Are all your novel's characters utterly necessary? Style Have you checked that, wherever possible, you’re ‘showing’ and not ‘telling’? Theme Does your book have a theme? Dialogue Is the dialogue within your novel realistic?
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