Recent content by VfortheShadow

I'm erring on the side of not describing skin tone. I've been working on these characters for so long that their appearance in my head is too ingrained to change, but they default far too often. This best solution I can come up with is to let the reader default too. But if you want to you don't...

Thanks! Love the name, by the way. Gormemghast is one of my favorite books. I guess, yeah. Like I said, I drive to New Mexico to shop, so my preception of far has changed. I'm about halfway between Flagstaff and Albuquerque.

Thanks for the welcome! Middle, actually. Ancient Studies and US History. And yeah, pretty much. I drive out of shape because it's a little bit closer.

The post on NaNoWriMo brought me here. I never really know what to say on these things. I'm originally from Seattle, but I grew up in Detroit. I'm a history teacher in the middle of nowhere Arizona (If you've ever seen Hallelujah Trail, it was filmed close to where I live). I'd be poking...