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  • Ban
    Knowing the twists and turns ahead of time allows you to focus on elements that weren't central to you before. It can be enjoyable to go...
  • Ban
    Ban replied to the thread Book Piracy BAD.
    The purpose of writing is to be read, and some will always choose the cheapest option available to fulfill that purpose. If an author...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Book Piracy BAD.
    Yeah… ill pass on them
  • D
    dantheman93 replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    This is all so interesting. Knowing it’s a Mexican derived word, it sounds way prettier in my head with a Spanish accent than the...
  • Queshire
    Queshire replied to the thread Wuxia.
    I haven't read any Wuxia, but I've read several Xanxia stories. Much, muuuuuuuuch higher levels of magic in those than Wuxia.
  • A. E. Lowan
    A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Book Piracy BAD.
    Ordinarily that would be the Author's Guild and the SFWA. The RWA also.
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    I am gonna take a guess that fourth wing did not mean it as a mexican coffee house. But more as an americanized place of dining. I...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Book Piracy BAD.
    Maybe we could all join a guild where we pay some dues and they handle the baseball bat aspect of it.
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    Don't know bout the others here but I'm american. As far as using modern terms. I've been sticking to keeping those in narration. But...
  • Prince of Spires
    Prince of Spires replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    Having not read Fourth Wing, but it feels like the problem isn't their choice of cutlery but more that the setting isn't consistent or...
  • Prince of Spires
    Prince of Spires replied to the thread Book Piracy BAD.
    While it sounds nice in theory, I think it practice it will actually be the other way round. A big powerful legal department is a...
  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    Cafeteria is Mexican Spanish in origin, and it means the same thing as the British English expression coffee house (or coffee-house or...
  • Karlin
    Karlin posted the thread Wuxia in Writing Discussions.
    Hi, my next project will be, god or gods of your choice willing, a Wuxia story with a twist. I'm curious: 1. Has anyone here written...
  • D
    dantheman93 replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    I don’t remember if they even specifically used the word cafeteria in 4th Wing, or just the concept. I suppose the exact word would...
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    I think it would depend on how 'modern' the fantasy world is for me. If it's still Renaissance esque I might be thrown. If it's modern...
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