Recent content by Zero Angel

I don't think you can really worry about offending people if you are going to participate authentically in social media, and if you're going to participate inauthentically, then I don't see the point of that social media existing. I use Twitter mostly whenever I have a smartass comment I want to...

Good ideas guys. I've read the Tigger example a couple of times when researching this idea; although that's a little too interactive for my purposes, it's still a good example of the trope. I never knew what that game was called! I've seen it several times in editorials about video games; I...

Thanks Trick, I'd completely forgotten about that one. I have seen it but it's been a while and I remember enjoying it. I'll check it out again.

I have lots of different empires in my main series (of course, it spans multiple worlds, dimensions, and timelines, sooooo . . . ), but most of the information is just information for my reference and eventual updating of the website/wiki (eventual). Only the relevant bits get thrown into the...

It has my recommendation also. I loved the movie. One of my favorite Marvel movies yet actually. Maybe in the top 5. To those that haven't seen it, there is an end-credit scene if you want to stay and watch. I thought the end-credit scene was a little silly, but I thought the credits...

Thanks for the responses everyone. Sorry I took a few days to get back, finals kicked my butt this year. I still have a ton of grades to get in by 9 AM too . . . -_- Anyway, I'm still working out exactly how the narration is going to work. I don't want the narrator to be OP with knowledge, but...

Hi everyone, I've hit upon what seems to me to be the best voice for a series of novellas/shorts I've had on the backburner for a while, but it features the main character regularly fighting for control of POV from the narrator and being annoyed when the narrator describes things she does...

Hello everyone! It doesn't seem like much has changed around here. At the beginning of the year, my day jobs escalated to the point that I didn't even have time for my successful books, let alone my spec fic books. I've recently organized my house a little more and have begun to be able...

If you have it published with Amazon (or uploaded to the site pending to be published), there is a previewer you can download that will provide a mobi copy of your book for your own review, you can then just send this to the reviewer. The previewer is there during the upload. If you have it...

The force! I had an argument posed to me today about someone pushing against the light saber until the hilt went back into the wielder's chest. . . two thoughts: (1) this can apply to any light saber and (2) that happens a lot less than movies would have you believe for regular swords, let...

As marketing, I think that Twitter and the rest is stupid, although I do most of it (albeit at Lv 1 degree of proficiency). On the other hand, I really like the insight into the authors (and other celebrities) as people, and the ability to be able to connect with them so long as your tweet...

As a side note to Waz's comment, I've found that one of the biggest misconceptions is the use or lack of use of a reserve force. Having a military reserve is considered a sound tactic, but in my opinion is one that is the easiest for inexperienced commanders to overlook. There is evidence that...

Retreating can be a pretty complicated maneuver, you have to worry about being harried, demoralization, confusion, desertion, etc; then, unless you're fighting on your own land and the people are behind you, you'd have to hire and/or train more soldiers, inspire people to join you, sue for...

I don't know skip.knox, when you read the Art of War, you see how important logistics was even to the ancient Chinese. I'm not saying this is the most primitive culture there is, but we're talking pre-the fall of Rome here. Killing more of the enemy is obviously great, but even in ancient times...

Thanks a lot DarkMachinations! This is very cool, but my research has me believing that trishula is the generic name of the weapon. i.e. "trishula" is how you say "trident". I really like having some trident, but both Shiva's trishula and Neptune's trident aren't given any specific name...