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The Dark One replied to the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett....Way too much of a vague generalisation for me. Where's his evidence? I would have thought that we novelists (presumably with... -
The Dark One replied to the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings..In real life, every second kid (in Australia at least) has a weird made-up name. Life imitates art once again.
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The Dark One replied to the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings..You accept a talking sponge but draw the line at a submarine squirrel? Okay...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.An error I didn't realise until after publication (pointed out by a reader) was that I had bluebells flowering in the wrong month...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.Writing historical fiction requires never-ending research - so easy to slip up with anachronistic details. While editing my novel set in...
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I write speculative fiction, and I guess most in the English speaking parts of the world would call it low fantasy. With that written, I...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.I should add, I never referred to her as a druid (quite deliberately). He made his own connection.
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The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.As I've said before, I don't write fantasy but I do write historical and speculative fiction. Even one of my crime novels has a decent...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Scam e-mails.I doubt whether a legit film rights buyer would give up easily. And the reality is, most (not all, I grant you) writers whose books are...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Scam e-mails.If you get an email you weren't expecting regarding your work... No matter how exciting, 999 times out of a thousand, it's a scam.
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The Dark One replied to the thread Despite a few delays....Well done MS. It's always exciting having a new book on the shelves and that's a very decent print run. My biggest was 5k (and there...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Scam e-mails.I get heaps of scam emails - mainly about wanting to help me market my work. I always delete immediately. A writer friend stupidly got...
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The Dark One replied to the thread When does 'sarcasm' become 'just being an ass' ?.When does sarcasm become just being an arse? When it's not funny.
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The Dark One replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Never forget that it is part of a writer's duty (I believe) to be educative. Where else do we learn new words but in books. Unless...
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The Dark One reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ? with
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This is all about context. Context in terms of the setting, the characters and the story arc. If it is appropriate for your characters...