Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Dreams can also be a wonderful wellspring of inspiration, provided you can remember them upon waking. I seriously have had the best ideas for stories from my dreams. It's quite amazing what my subconscious comes up with. I just wish I was that brilliant awake. Also, the shower. I don't know what it...

I would have to say LOTR or anything by Anne Rice. But for YA or Children's, I really liked Beastly and of course Howl's Moving Castle. I highly recommend both of those. I am on a pretty big paranormal/fantasy YA kick lately. Does anyone have any recommendations besides Crescendo (which I was eying...

Poor misunderstood broccoli. Lol.
I know what you mean though. I sometimes feel that an author gets lazy. I recently read a book like that by a well known author. While the story was vaguely entertaining, it was just set up weird.

I would have to say LOTR or anything by Anne Rice. But for YA or Children's, I really liked Beastly and of course Howl's Moving Castle. I highly recommend both of those. I am on a pretty big paranormal/fantasy YA kick lately. Does anyone have any recommendations besides Crescendo (which I was eying ...

Watcher, I will definitely check that out.
Fenrick, I would check out Shinto the Kami Way, for Japanese religion and mythology.

Fenris, most of the research I have done is through books. I mostly peruse Amazon looking for titles that pertain to what I want to learn, the books. Barnes and Noble sometimes has a decent selection of mythology, but you really have to look. One book, Fingerprint of the Gods by Graham Hancock does ...

I like the second better. The words flow a little easier.

JT, that is interesting to know about the anniversary. As an Irish and Norse (by way of my Scottish roots) lass, I feel I shall be thoroughly confused on that day. But! To the topic at hand, I am always interested in what people have to say about mythology. I must say, I have a slightly unhealthy ad...

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson. I just started it.

I'm kinda all over the place in my reading. I'll read just about anything that catches my fancy, however I do go through phases. For a while it was mystery, then I went on a huge fantasy spree (I found it a refreshing break from all the murder and suspense.) Now, I'm kinda on a YA/ classics kick. Tw...

I've just started Snow Falling on Cedars. Before that was Frankenstein, which took me forever to read. OK, it was only like a week, but I couldn't dedicate enough time to it with trying to meet my daily word goals and all.

Hey, I'd to be on there! My id is akari09. It might motivate me to not be so word lazy. Last night I attempted to write more, but I ended up spending probably a good hour coveting the Beatles boxed set on I-Tunes. The awesomeness! The price! The lack of money! Grrrr...one of theses days Beatles boxe...

Ok, I know I am a day late, but I just signed up. Eek. Luckily, I am traveling for work for the next 3 weeks, so I will have plenty of time to write with utter abandon on the bus. Or so I hope. I'm not quite sure which story to go with. There is a character in my head that won't shut up, so maybe I ...

I'm with Lord of the Rings too. Read them probably four times. Now if only I could find my copy of The Fellowship, I'd start reading them again. :)

I'm reading The Count of Monte Cristo right now.