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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Has anyone tried writing a modern epic?.Have you had a chance to check out Emily Wilson's translations of the Iliad and the Odyssy? I think you'll appreciarte her perspectioves... -
A. E. Lowan replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Then we get the real fun. Nailing the timing, which is often an auditory thing, in text where you have little control of how a reader...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Twelfth Night. Probably my favorite.
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A. E. Lowan 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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Comedy and humour are very complex. You can illustrate both the funny aspects of life and also the sad side of things, and it is this... -
A. E. Lowan replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.In that humor relies heavily on social cues to make the funny flow, like timing. Timing is crucial to humor. And timing is also crucial...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Book Piracy BAD.Okay, I need to ask. Why the SFWA hate? I think I've missed something. And we're talking about the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers...
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I really do learn something new everyday!
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Book Piracy BAD.Last time I had a safe link to the numbers, I think pirates have put more of our books in hands than we have. Which is a bit frustrating...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Is it possible to have non-cliché dwarfs?.Tanya Huff does some cool stuff with the entire Human, Elf, Dwarf dynamic in her Valor books. Military SciFi.
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Purple Prose and playing with words.Good move. "In an ironic twist of fate." Totally needs to die. Although, "The door to our bedchambers clicked shut with a precarious...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Purple Prose and playing with words.That's going to depend a great deal on how we're defining "honest," and honestly understanding that this is a creative and craft forum...
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Redditors are human beings. Some will be snarky and some will be helpful. As with other gatherings of humans, the ratio will vary with...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings..I think you're probably right, especially with younger writers. I just don't think I'm going to be one of them. I hear "Tiffany," and...
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No, the spelling Tiffany is not modern. The earliest example I know of is French, from a marriage in Tolouse in 1555. The earliest...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings..Greetings, oh researching one. The Tiffany Problem is very much real. This, here, is the Tiffany Problem. It's the assumption that a...