Guilty or sort-of guilty of the following in The Omalfi (though, as it's fantasy without being Tolkein/Lewis type fantasy it's got away more lightly than it might have otherwise!:
"19. Would "a fearless warrioress more comfortable with a sword than a frying pan" aptly describe any of your female characters?"
I guess the daughter of the thieves guild leader comes under that category. In fact, having a thieves guild ought to have a category of its own!
"25. Do you not know when the hay baler was invented?"
No - but I know that if it's a fantasy novel, you don't NEED to know, if you want pistols in a prehistoric society, you can have them - likewise hay bales.
"28. Is this the first book in a planned trilogy?"
Guilty as charged, no excuses here!
"37. Do any of your main characters have names longer than three syllables?"
My main character's surname is Evidivici, which is five - but they are all very short!
"48. Do your characters spend an inordinate amount of time journeying from place to place?"
Yes but well, isn't that what is supposed to happen? Stuff happens to them when they're travelling, you know, plot?
"61. Does your hero fall in love with an unattainable woman, whom he later attains?"
Yes, in the first volume - and then she turns out to be a psychotic murderer and he has to kill her to save his friend, who later becomes his enemy, so that doesn't really count. Of course, he spends a lot of time arguing with the woman he eventually winds up with - which again needs its own category!
If you like this - you should read The Tough Guide To Fantasy Land by Diana Wynne-Jones - it's an A-Z of categories pulling apart stereotypical fantasy. Such as (paraphrased as I'm too lazy to get the exact quote) 'Blankets - these are made out of an amazing material that allows them to be soaked through in a thunderstorm and yet dry overnight by the heat of a small camp fire.'
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"19. Would "a fearless warrioress more comfortable with a sword than a frying pan" aptly describe any of your female characters?"
I guess the daughter of the thieves guild leader comes under that category. In fact, having a thieves guild ought to have a category of its own!
"25. Do you not know when the hay baler was invented?"
No - but I know that if it's a fantasy novel, you don't NEED to know, if you want pistols in a prehistoric society, you can have them - likewise hay bales.
"28. Is this the first book in a planned trilogy?"
Guilty as charged, no excuses here!
"37. Do any of your main characters have names longer than three syllables?"
My main character's surname is Evidivici, which is five - but they are all very short!
"48. Do your characters spend an inordinate amount of time journeying from place to place?"
Yes but well, isn't that what is supposed to happen? Stuff happens to them when they're travelling, you know, plot?
"61. Does your hero fall in love with an unattainable woman, whom he later attains?"
Yes, in the first volume - and then she turns out to be a psychotic murderer and he has to kill her to save his friend, who later becomes his enemy, so that doesn't really count. Of course, he spends a lot of time arguing with the woman he eventually winds up with - which again needs its own category!
If you like this - you should read The Tough Guide To Fantasy Land by Diana Wynne-Jones - it's an A-Z of categories pulling apart stereotypical fantasy. Such as (paraphrased as I'm too lazy to get the exact quote) 'Blankets - these are made out of an amazing material that allows them to be soaked through in a thunderstorm and yet dry overnight by the heat of a small camp fire.'