I pump out the most dense black metal (there's actually a lot of fantasy inspired songs in the genre) or power metal (or to be fair, any metal sub-genre) songs whenever I try to get around to writing a post. Seeing that fantasy is what I tend to write 99% of the time, I mostly stick to this...
The Sin and the Sentence by Trivium might quite literally be the best album to date, only matched by Shogun or Ascendancy. It's a product of years of experience, surely, a culmination of all the techniques and signatures they picked up in their previous albums.
Plus, the cover's pretty awesome.
The Grace of Kings, by Ken Liu. I really liked the book, its original base (it's a prime example of silk-road fantasy done right), and the way it handled mythology and the whimsical elements that comes with far-fetched historical folk tales.
If I could pick a second book (or rather, a series)...
Well, at least you wrote and finished a book. For some, it's darn near impossible — procrastination's entree is oftentimes far too natural to comprehend beforehand.
Happens a lot to me. I just keep scribbling over the same scene dozens of times, changing and rewriting the overall structure of...
I haven't, to be honest, but I'm thinking of writing one — in the meantime, sharpening my prose artistry-e-finesse through RPing, and just plain reading a lot.
I believe, however, that my friend, @0stinato, has written a fair ton of books (mostly weird fiction, if you ask me).
Nonetheless, the views of the greater undermine the lesser; one cannot argue with that. Minecraft parodies have no place within the heart of the musical connoisseurs, pal.
Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson. The first book was already very awesome, and I hear that the second is even better. Safe to say, I'm very excited.
The Kings of the Wylds, which I've bought and read recently, is some of the more humorous, and still effectively impactful, fantasy books I've read. As a plus, it also explores the themes of old age, glory, and camaraderie — some of my most favourite elements.
The Night Angel Trilogy. The name...
To be truthful, prose and poetry are somewhat polar opposites, but at the same time connected. Prose is what you use to normally write stories, novels, and other sorts of literary work. Poems, on the other hand, is a troika or more of rhyming words packed into a couple of subtly-connected...
The Malazan Book Of The Fallen is a ten book series that you definitely ought to check out — likable characters, immersive world, but a slightly weak ending. It, more or less, fits the now forgotten Sword & Sorcery genre, the precursor to fantasy; though Steven Erikson's interpretation included...