These are all very good questions that I've been trying to answer for years. One bit of advice I can give for especially tense action scenes is, picture where "camera" is in relation to your characters, and how it "moves".
Also, those are very funny-looking baby cobra chickens, and a lovely...
There's something deeply comforting about re-reading favourite books, especially ones I've had for many years. There's always something new to pick up on, or bits of foreshadowing to notice, or new ways to examine the themes or the characters' relationships.
Welcome! There's lots of different kinds of people to talk to here, from many different places. Hope you enjoy your stay, however long or short it might be. Your story ideas sound like a lot of fun. :)
Welcome! There's lots of people here to talk about both writing and books, both in the main forum and the chat. So you've definitely come to the right place.
Welcome! Hope you enjoy your time here, however short or long it might be. 😄 Like I said before, if you need help with anything, just ask, and feel free to hang out in the chat anytime, too.
My elves are sort of aliens. After an exceedingly long time, can turn into living stars who send holographic projections of themselves to interact with the wide interstellar neighbourhood, or multi-limbed [mostly friendly] eldritch dragonfolk, depending on what other parts of their life cycle...
Welcome to Mythic Scribes! There's lots of people from all over to talk about writing.
If you'd like some recommendations for other authors to check out, here's some of my favourites:
Terry Pratchett [satirical British humour with puns, wordplay, and references galore; most well known for his...
Not odd at all. A fair amount of stories I can think of involving kitsune have them communicating with ordinary foxes without really drawing attention to it.
[Presuming that you mean from an out-of-universe perspective, as whether it's odd in-universe is entirely up to you.]
Finally got around to that list.
Terry Pratchett
Ursula Le Guin
Diana Wynne Jones
Kevin Conroy
Leonard Nimoy
Becky Chambers
Kenneth Oppel
David Tennant
Terry Farrell
the entire team of SuperGiant games
Concerned-Ape [Eric Barone]
I've been to Fan Expo and Comic Con a couple times, but never went to any panels or got anyone's autograph. The closest I got was getting a picture next to a cardboard-cutout of David Tennant.
There's a small list of people I would like to meet in-person, but assembling that list will have to wait.