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The idea sounds like it has lots of potential for charm and surprise. Doesn't need to be silly if there's the tension that they are antagonists. There's also the question: if her lame seduction succeeds, then what happens to her? Does she fall if the opponent falls? Seems like stakes and...

Given the responses, it looks like your issue is more about forward motion and sustained writing than world-building. I also think people world build in many different ways, including adding on ideas in later books in a series. But the plan vs spontaneous writing is an old issue. I love...

I'm not a lyricist, but I did work as a composer in musical theater, teaching and writing, for years, and learned a lot about writing lyrics.

Never thought I'd have to be careful about increasing writing time, but thanks for the suggestion! And to know I'm not alone...

I retired with the expectation I could write two or three times more, and then brain fog has me writing only about as much as I always did. people advise I should enjoy retirement give myself a break, but I am frustrated as you are, wanting to write but struggling with limits. Should I honor...

Today, 10/01 is Launch day for my 1001 series. An epic of a qaraq, a group of souls who share 1001 lifetimes together, with a past life story in every chapter, from Persian orgies to the first landmass on Earth. For more about he series and the launch, please check out my blog...

I think your instinct to make the noble born character have to do something to gain magic fits right into your class structure for the two characters. I love that the peasant is passive but magic is innate to her, forcing her to be more active with her life. And I like the possible tension...

Thanks, Skip. Since I had posted on self-promo forum already and I'm new, I wanted to ask in case it wasn't a good idea to put another promo there. And since I'm offering a free book, I thought maybe there was a separate place for that. I have been looking at other places to give away ARCs...

Where and how is the best place/way on Mythic Scribes Forums to post a giveaway of an ARC, in hopes of a review for my launch? Thanks, Steve

Been working hard to prepare for the October launch of new edition of The Qaraq, Book One of 1001, The Reincarnation Chronicles. This is my fantasy series about a qaraq, a group of souls who have been interacting with each other lifetime after lifetime. Then they reincarnate to present day New...

Just finished the first season of the new Star Wars show. I found it refreshing in some of its narrative content. But I wish it had gone farther for a first season.

I read the first set when they first came out and enjoyed them. Couldn't get into the later books, however. Starting a book with a five-ten page recap of previous books is a turn-off to me. In crafting an 11-book series, I challenge myself to give the reader whatever they need to know at the...

Nice to be here. I'm a fantasy writer who decided to spend the rest of his life creating an 11 book series with 1001 chapters. What was I thinking?

That's quite an origin story for your writing career!

One specific way to create tension is to have one of the characters very resistant to replying, if at all. That creates great tension for the character who is trying to get them to speak.