Probably a physician's apprentice or assistant. The equivalent today would be a CNA (certified nurse assistant) but I don't know if they had a job...
Welcome Simon! Feel free to bug me with a heap of questions if you like. :) I'm new-ish (joined last month) but I've been learning my way around...
Bah, your brother doesn't know a good plot when he hears one. I like it. It's definitely complex--I had to read this several times to wrap my head...
Sounds like a good idea. Maybe have the baby be born from a pod that the tree produces, kind of like cocoa tree pods?
I find them a bit jarring when reading--I don't want to be whisked back into the past when I'm already into the present story. When I write I...
Absolutely it's creativity. Maybe it's not anything you'll ever use, but it's still making those brain cells work. The more you write--no matter...
I do appreciate it when authors tell us what their characters look like. It shouldn't be a huge block of text, but if they mention in passing that...
I don't know, but I'm sure the State department's website has the info: http://travel.state.gov/visa/visa_1750.html
It depends on the genre you want, really. If you want high fantasy like Tolkien, by all means make up your own versions of Orcs and elves and...
Oh yes, I'd read that. Sounds like a professional dust jacket summary. :)
I use traditional military rankings for my army, just for the sake of clarity. As much as I like creative naming, I worry it would confuse my...
So the spell-casters are born able to travel between worlds, or do they gain that ability when they become one? Just to clarify, what are the two...
One of the mods should have posted on your introduction thread with a welcome and explanation of the rules here, including how to eventually post...
I believe the Bartimaeus trilogy is like this, but it's been a while since I read it so I could be mistaken. It's set in modern London, but an...
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