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Post by jackierandom on Jun 28, 2013 21:40:11 GMT -5
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Post by thecliff on Jun 28, 2013 22:04:18 GMT -5
What a listing Jackie thank you.
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Post by Bird on Jun 29, 2013 5:35:47 GMT -5
Wow, Jackie, you might just be a lifesaver with this.
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Post by mllersil on Jun 29, 2013 13:53:55 GMT -5
I didn't know there were sites like these on the internet. *stunned* Wow ...
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Post by gitchel on Jun 30, 2013 12:05:07 GMT -5
By the way, I have to give a big vote for Streetview from google Maps. Nothing like having an actual photograph to describe a location.
If I need a slightly odd, suburban neighborhood, I can visit a Tokyo suburb and simply transplant a particular scene into my world. No need to tell anyone it's in Japan ;-)
They've just added Hashima Island. Google it. Worth it. Now I have all the urban decay and deserted island pictures I ever could need :-)
There's a really creepy slice of Irish coastline I plan to use for some sort of hero/villain confrontation.
It's also a good way for poor folks like me to visit foreign lands. And likely to be my biggest distraction from writing my book.
Jeff
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Post by wetdirt on Jun 30, 2013 13:01:46 GMT -5
GoogleEarth is the bane of my existence. I can spend ridiculous amounts of time looking at geology. There was an article about finding the city where frankincense came from. It didn't say, but I could piece together where it might be, and sure enough, I found it. I have spent time looking at Desolation Island (from Master & Commander book), crawled the south coast of Australia, there is some odd geology along the Soviet/China border, I've walked Hadrian's wall and seen moors and tors and cols and dewlakes, I've been to Mordor in Australia, stop me anytime before I fire it up again. The shallow water between north Australia and New Guinea is very interesting, I think there are vast submarine landslides there. And of course, near to home I try to puzzle out SoCal canyons that may have once held big earthquake-landslide lakes that burst and changed the landscape like the Channeled Scablands of Washington (I've been there too.) If you glance up and see a hazel eyeball in the sky, likely it's me.
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Post by gitchel on Jun 30, 2013 14:24:58 GMT -5
Clairvoyance. True Magic :-) Well, close ;-)
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Post by boomboom on Jul 1, 2013 15:53:33 GMT -5
Here is a good name generator site for fantasy and scifi names: rinkworks.com/namegen/If you need help with the advanced generator, I can try to explain it. Basically, you are able to specify letters, sequences, special characters, etc. if you want. It is very difficult to type with a cat on the lap rubbing his head on your hands. Just saying'. Lol. He's not helping.
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Post by aquarose on Jul 2, 2013 10:34:35 GMT -5
For my sci-fi, I have trouble creating planet names. Have any of you found generators or scientific sites that might help?
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Post by wetdirt on Jul 2, 2013 11:31:28 GMT -5
Did you look at my Excel name generators? They are in the games area, I think. It's easy to modify the syllable lists and make a custom list for your story. (and it's a great time waster.)
Don't be intimidated by Excel. It can be a great toy. Just use the [f9] key at the top row to generate names, most all the sheets work exactly the same.
And do try the story generator, it's also fully customizable
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Post by jackierandom on Jul 2, 2013 15:57:35 GMT -5
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Post by aquarose on Jul 3, 2013 10:12:50 GMT -5
These are great. Thank you. I have a difficult time with names and have found that I have the same problem while writing. All my towns and planets become XXX. People are even harder. I spend way too much time researching names.
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