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Free for a limited time. A “choose your own adventure” book like when you were a kid, except written for adults. 

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Free for a limited time. A “choose your own adventure” book like when you were a kid, except written for adults. 

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Free for a limited time. A “choose your own adventure” book like when you were a kid, except written for adults. 

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A group of young adults meets on Zoom to plan a mass shooting.

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A group of young adults meets on Zoom to plan a mass shooting.

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A group of young adults meets on Zoom to plan a mass shooting.

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GUIDE: NAMING A TOWN OR CITY

This post was originally from a FAQ, but since the original link is now defunct, I am re-posting it here.

There are many things to keep in mind when naming the town or city in your novel:

1) Genre/Theme/Tone

It’s very important to consider the genre and theme of your story when choosing a town name. Take these names for example, each of which indicates the genre or theme of the story: King’s Landing (sounds fantastical) Cloud City (sounds futuristic) Silent Hill (sounds scary) Sweet Valley (sounds happy and upbeat) Bikini Bottom (sounds funny) Radiator Springs (sounds car-related) Halloween Town (sounds Halloween-related) Storybrooke (sounds fairytale-related) 2) Time/Place It’s also important to consider the time and place where your story takes place. For example, you wouldn’t use “Vista Gulch” as a name for a town in Victorian England. You probably wouldn’t use it for a town in modern day North Carolina, either. Vista is a Spanish word and would normally be found in places where Spanish names are common, like Spain, Central and South America, the southwest United States (including southern California), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Florida. 3) Size/Settlement Type An isolated town of 300 people probably won’t be Valley City, but a sprawling metropolis of 30 million could be called Windyville, because it could have started out as a small town and grew into a large city. 4) Geography Words like gulch, butte,and bayou tend to be regional terms. You probably wouldn’t find Berle’s Bayou in Idaho, or Windy Butte in Rhode Island. Words like mount, cape, and valley are dependent upon terrain. Most of the time, you won’t have a town named “mount” something unless there are hills or mountains nearby. You wouldn’t use “cape” unless the town was on a cape, which requires a large body of water. 5) History Is there a historical person or event that your town might be named after? The Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is ironically named after its founder, Jebediah Springfield. Chattanooga, Tennessee is named after the Cherokee town that was there first. Nargothrond, in The Lord of the Rings, is an Elvish town with an Elvish name. 6) Combination of Words

person name + geographical term = Smithfield, Smith Creek

group name + geographical term = Pioneer Valley, Settlers’ Ridge

descriptive word + geographical term = Mystic Falls, Smoky Hill

person name + settlement type = Smithton, Claraville

landmark + settlement type = Bridgton, Beaconville

Word Lists

Types of Settlements

Geographical Features

Place Words

Common Suffixes

Other Descriptors

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Right now, Storytellers is free--but hurry, sale ends soon! Click here for the official Amazon page!

This image reminded me of the Storytellers beginning.

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I want all of you to realize what losing our power entails. No more stories. No more magic. No immortality. What are the souls of a few Storytellers, compared to entire galaxies flourishing with life?

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The Forum’s foundation was a mountain of black stone and steep cliffs, on which no vegetation would ever sprout. Stairs of white marble ran straight up its side, ascending above treetops and through clouds until the atmosphere thinned and the sun and moon and stars could be touched with an outstretched hand and the land fell below, so far below, that to gaze first to the west and then to the east was to complete one’s spherical picture of the world.    The structure itself was a stronghold. Ivory and wood thickened to enforce impenetrable walls, spiraled around each another to form pillars, and knotted together to string a roof. Skeletons of bone and bark manned the ramparts and greeted Pokeetle and Madeline as they walked past the barricade and into the Forum.

Storytellers by Reid Templer, which is free now until the 24th

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Up to #20! Only two more days to grab Storytellers for free!

Hey, everyone! Storytellers is currently FREE now through the 24th–you don’t even need a Kindle Unlimited subscription to snag this deal! For the moment, it rests at #68 in Best Selling Dark Fantasy (#98 in Epic Fantasy) but I know, with your help, we can raise it to #1. 

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Up to #33 in the Amazon Epic Fantasy Best Sellers (#34 in Dark Fantasy). Thank you to everyone who downloaded Storytellers--and to those who haven’t, it’s still FREE!

Hey, everyone! Storytellers is currently FREE now through the 24th–you don’t even need a Kindle Unlimited subscription to snag this deal! For the moment, it rests at #68 in Best Selling Dark Fantasy (#98 in Epic Fantasy) but I know, with your help, we can raise it to #1. 

Click here for the official Amazon page.

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Hey, everyone! Storytellers is currently FREE now through the 24th–you don’t even need a Kindle Unlimited subscription to snag this deal! For the moment, it rests at #68 in Best Selling Dark Fantasy (#98 in Epic Fantasy) but I know, with your help, we can raise it to #1. 

Click here for the official Amazon page.

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Hey, everyone! Storytellers is currently FREE now through the 24th--you don’t even need a Kindle Unlimited subscription to snag this deal! For the moment, it rests at #68 in Best Selling Dark Fantasy (#98 in Epic Fantasy) but I know, with your help, we can raise it to #1. 

Click here for the official Amazon page.

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This image reminded me of the Storytellers beginning.

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Writing long-awaited, heartfelt reunions

Expectation: 

Reality:

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