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Mad Swede replied to the thread Advice for writing themes into the story without hitting the reader over the head with them.My advice as a published author? Just write. Don't worry too much about the themes in the story, or what layers there are in the story... -
Mad Swede replied to the thread Selections of when I explain magic.No, but Bayaz is. He is shown to use magic, personal and political manipulation and (in the later stories) technology to win his...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Fun with Scammers!.Oh dear. And the scammer doesn't even have their own (fake) profile right. Comes from Chattanooga and lives in one of the most exclusive...
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So, we get one or two messages from scammers a day, and I usually just wield the Ban Hammer and keep on with my day. But today I got...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Selections of when I explain magic.You don't need a detailed explanation of the "how" to show this. Tolkien makes it quite clear how tired Gandalf is when they meet the...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Selections of when I explain magic.Do you need to explain the magic system? Here I'm thinking of legends, folk tales and myth. It's very rare that any of these explain how...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread The RETURN of NUMLOCK.Does NUMLOCK need to follow the PAGE DOWN to the cellar? If there's wine down there it might be the best place to meet the END...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Is it possible to write a literary fantasy book?.My editor has a somewhat jaundiced view of literary fiction. In her more cynical moments she says that literary fiction is whatever the...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Colorful "normal" characters?.I wonder how much thought you've given to characterisation. Even supposedly normal characters need to be well developed, that's what...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Where to publish a short story>.OK, the best paying English language magazines are those that used to be regarded as qualifying markets for SFWA membership. That...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread You know you are a writer when....You know you are a writer when you see some stranger on the train reading one of your books.
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Yeah, so in true Irish tradition, I kneecapped someone last night. Also in true Irish tradition, that someone was me. I innocently...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Warfare in Rings of Power Season 1.No, I don't recall Tolkien saying anything about the Ents and their physiology at all. All we really know is that they are long lived...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Warfare in Rings of Power Season 1.Speaking from personal combat experience I wouldn't recommend any film for it's accurate depiction of warfare of any sort. The reason is...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Warfare in Rings of Power Season 1.I'm sorry, but you don't know what you're talking about. Trust me when I tell you that some of the large scale scirmishes I saw in...
