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Insolent Lad replied to the thread What's the oldest movie you've watched/seen?.I think that might be the original 1918 silent version of Tarzan of the Apes with Elmo Lincoln in the title role. -
Insolent Lad replied to the thread How Do You Build a Believable Divination System for a Fantasy World?.I generally prefer a scientific (or pseudo-scientific or 'rubber science') explanation for this--and pretty much everything else of a...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread What tool to use?.It is. OpenOffice doesn't keep adding as many 'bells and whistles' and might be a tad more stable. I use Libre mostly because it comes...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Where to Write.Being old-fashioned (or maybe just old) I do all my writing off-line, mostly using LibreOffice. Drafting on my laptop, comfortably on...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Gods and Wizards.Some world-building notes, mostly about gods: The Gods
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Writing a magazine article?.Wrote quite a few when I was younger but they were mostly for fitness and bodybuilding magazines. The world has changed a lot since I...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Web Novel Platforms.Royal Road is supposedly better for fantasy-oriented writing (as well as, ah, 'spicy' stories) but it's hard to be noticed on any platform.
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett....As much of Pratchett's writing, I think this should be taken as a tongue in cheek exaggeration. That doesn't mean there's no validity to it.
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Back before the internet, you would call a research librarian and ask them stuff. They'd get back to you, usually within a few hours...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Trialectic?.I can say I've never come up with a plot without first having a character to build it around. Only then can I figure out something for...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Discovery mapping.Once I have a map I generally take the attitude 'this is your world, deal with it,' and build the narrative to match it. Just as I would...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings..As in his pseudo-Chinese culture with Chinese-sounding names, he had to throw in someone named McSweeney.
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Tall Dwarfs....One could always have an adopted human who thinks he's a dwarf, like Carrot Ironfoundersson in the Discworld novels. And Moorcock had a...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Book Piracy BAD.I finally chose to ignore piracy of my books altogether and followed Cory Doctorow's example of giving away the ebooks. If nothing else...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread How do you name your Faerie/Little People ?.Ah, Asimov did a story with fairies as large insects, who ruled the world way, way back in time.
