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Mad Swede replied to the thread Mr. Grumpy Pants Offers Sage Advice.If you want to call the process by which publisers find a new author and/or book to publish gatekeeping then do so. But in my view that... -
Mad Swede replied to the thread Mr. Grumpy Pants Offers Sage Advice.I wonder if you and pmmg haven't missed my point. I wrote that publishing is a form of venture capitalism. And it is. My books are an...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread To map, or not to map?.I have a sketch map of the setting for my stories, and also sketch maps of some of the towns and places where things happen. This is...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Mr. Grumpy Pants Offers Sage Advice.It is, which sometimes makes it very hard to give newcomers the feedback they need about their writing. I sometimes wonder if the growth...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Mr. Grumpy Pants Offers Sage Advice.He said something else too, and that is that the (traditional) publisher must believe they can sell your book otherwise they won't take...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Mr. Grumpy Pants Offers Sage Advice.Yes, there's a lot of people who need to hear this. The only thing I would say is that the cost of publishing a book (that is, what it...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Translation Goals.OK, writing this as someone whose books have been translated into another language. To produce a readable book what you need is an...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Question about Goats and Religion..This is something which is incredibly specific to country and region so I wouldn't pay too much attention to what was said in that video.
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That image is incredibly cool. <3
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Tired of using the same word.I was introduced to the book by a French colleague when I was serving with UNIFIL in the Lebanon. It did seem a little surreal reading a...
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Gotta say, there's something hot about a man who can whip out familiarity with Medieval Literature on the flip and still look good doing...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Help With Important stories.Well, first you should finish your books. That in itself may be a bigger achievement than you think, as it takes quite a lot of...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Tired of using the same word.Ah, Le Roman de la Rose. A very interesting read if you enjoy verse, espceially if you're able to read the original Old French (versions...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread "My Characters are not Me" Train of Thought?.As The Dark One says, writers discuss this a lot. My view is that whatever we may think our characters do reflect aspects of both...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Four-letter words in literature....Possibly you mean that they swear a little more openly? I've known quite a few of what some would call the upper class, and even they...
