Knights Writes

Happy New Year and Sci Fi Fantasy in 2022

Image courtesy of Pixabay at Pexels Lambda, Mu, Delta, and now Omicron. If I had said those same words before 2020 no one would have thought of Covid19. Maybe Mathematics might come to mind, or the different versions of an engineering project. Perhaps the name of an elite squad of marines, or even the latest batch of Transformers, but certainly not a pandemic. Yet here we are in 2022 and still…

Now that we're at the end of 2021 I'd like to recap items and events that caught the interest of this sci fi fantasy geek

Image courtesy of KaCey97078 at Flickr Another year, another notch on the age belt. It’s been trying, and now that we’re at the end of it I’d like to recap items and events that caught the interest of this sci fi fantasy geek. This Damn Pandemic Screenshot of Under the Dome based on a novel by Stephen King When old people say save money for a rainy day, this is truly what they meant. Except…

Elements of World Building – Magic

Image courtesy of Fletcher McKnight at Flickr One of the most enjoyable things about a fantasy world can be getting to understand the magic systems, the rules that govern what’s possible and how it works. But wait, you might be asking yourself, what’s this about rules of magic? It’s fantasy, right? There are no rules of magic. People just walk around waving their hands in irregular patterns…

Our world is filled to the brim with diverse cultures. But there is one thing they all have in common.

Image courtesy of nuchylee at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Our world is filled to the brim with countless cultures. From traditions of the west to delicacies of the east, every civilization is truly diverse. But there is one thing every culture has in common – they all believe in something. Whether Greek, Roman, Mecca, Jerusalem, Scandinavia, Aztec, each has their own version of god or gods to bow…

When my protagonist finds himself trying to bribe his way out of a situation, I just threw a price of 10 gold coins in. But then I wondered, how much is 10 gold coins really worth? What does it even look like?

Image courtesy of radnatt at FreeDigitalPhotos.net In my soon to be released novel Guradian of the Cursed Crown, the protagonist Larsen finds himself trying to bribe his way out of a situation. At first I just threw a price in, something like 10 gold coins or whatever, a nice well rounded figure from a cliché currency that seems valuable enough to entice anyone in some 13th century based…

The Tenacious Mind of a Sci Fi Fantasy Character

scene from 1999 the Matrix The mind is a powerful thing. It’s an age old saying that resonates through generations, holds true from one amazing story to another, confirmed by testimonies of the successful. I had a dream recently where I was thrown suddenly into a pool of water. Naturally I held my breath, and it took me a while to surface, so long that I became fearful of drowning. When I woke…

How a Sci Fi Fantasy Writer views Life

The Burlak ATV by Makar A friend once told me that her life is like a rocky plane ride. Sometimes she’s flying high in a warm day, all engine lights are go, and things are running smooth in the blue skies and yellow sun. Other times she’s arcing down into a valley, smoke trailing from the tail, thunderstorm and lightning flashes, trees reaching up and scratching the hull. And just before she…