I've just finished Joanne Harris' 'Runemarks'. [Check out her webpage here]
I noticed - maybe it was obvious or maybe I was reading as a writer - the use of metaphor and simile.
All of the metaphors and similes were direct references back to the world that the protaganist would know and only that world. So anything new that she experienced was compared to something from her previous frame of reference.
Sounds obvious, doesn't it? And really necessary when you're creating fantasy fiction, but you'd be surprised how many writers don't do it. These writers might not use similes from our contemporary 'real' world but they're not so careful about living within their character's frames of reference.
Something to think about when you're doing the hard slog of editing!
Jennifer
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