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A. E. Lowan reacted to The Dark One's post in the thread So about language-isms not in your native language? with
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I do it a lot but I have read very extensively in the relevant cultures and have visited the relevant countries with my ears very much... -
A. E. Lowan replied to the thread How Epic Fantasy Writes So Many Characters at Once.I've read the thing twice. Cover to cover. Only threw it at the wall once, which is pretty good for me. We have a lot of angels and...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread How Epic Fantasy Writes So Many Characters at Once with Love.
In my opinion, the actual cast of Lord of the Rings that actually matters is more something between 4 and 20. It's the names people who...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to pmmg's post in the thread How Epic Fantasy Writes So Many Characters at Once with Haha.
Meh. I have tons of named characters. As an experiment, i went back and added names to many unnamed ones cause of a thread from Finch...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Political World Building Allies Wallow in Despair Over.We write Urban Fantasy with a heavy dose of politics, gods (sssh!), monsters, and a city plopped onto the Pacific Northwest coast, 160...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to TheCrystallineEntity's post in the thread Political World Building Allies Wallow in Despair Over with Love.
I'd read the heck out of that. Sounds awesome.
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A. E. Lowan posted the thread How Epic Fantasy Writes So Many Characters at Once in Writing Resources.This is an excellent discussion on how Epic Fantasy gives us certain challenges and advantages with a traditionally large cast...
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I think I'll make a change. A change to splurge a little every month to prevent a dam bursting by trying to hold out for the rest of the...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Demesnedenoir's post in the thread How necessary is "colorful" language for lending a sense of maturity to a story? with Love.
The original nor now was great, but I tuned in now and again. It was fun to see Mandy Patinkin old and not wielding a rapier.
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread So about language-isms not in your native language? with Love.
You mean colloquial expressions. They can be a way of setting a story or character without making location or origin specific. The one...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Naruzeldamaster's post in the thread Too anxious to socialize 😂 but still need community with Love.
My mom does have quite the imagination (and In some cases I don't blame her due to lack of context) on one hand I'm glad for it, but on...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Too anxious to socialize 😂 but still need community.
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Too anxious to socialize 😂 but still need community.Welcome to Scribes, hon. Being an author is a really weird balance between loving to read and loving to write. Not much about loving to...
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I don't think my Rabbit folk are quite that intense about reproduction even in heat lol I mean there might be a couple like that among...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to nelldarcy's post in the thread How do you feel about the 'classic' villain monologue about their plans? with Love.
That one scene from the Incredibles movie always pops into my head -- "You sly dog! You've got me monologuing!"