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A. E. Lowan
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My editor - also oh, so very dyslexic - sits on the couch and makes fun of my typos. She also makes me look smart, so I think the little...
Dec 17, 2025
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In between all the muttering what he really asking for is that your story be in what William Shunn called Proper Manuscript Format...
Dec 17, 2025
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Pretty sure it's just you. The quote sets up the implied but unspoken punchline that work just stops, and there is no mention of the...
Dec 17, 2025
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For those who care, i tried to consolidate my advice here: Goldie’s Words of Wisdom The second section. Ill reassert my ‘rules’...
Dec 17, 2025
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"You know writing is a pipe dream." That was in 2011. Usually, we don't remember most of what someone says, but we do remember how they...
Dec 16, 2025
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I get a lot of them over on FB, and if I have time and energy, I'll toy with them a while. But no, they don't get to bring that crap...
Dec 16, 2025
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Just finished The Gathering Storm and am now reading Their Finest Hour. Yet another advantage to ebooks is that I don't have to buy more...
Dec 16, 2025
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Very, but he's thorough and I like thorough. He doesn't cuss as much as I do, but everyone needs room to grow. ;)
Dec 16, 2025
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Cranky old man alert. He's not wrong, but also tired and cranky and cussing. I'm amused, but we all also know I'm bent.
Dec 16, 2025
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Bought an e-book of The Once and Future King, by T.H. White. It's one of my most favorite books. I've read it twice, including once out...
Dec 16, 2025
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Many-many years ago, my first book had an ending where the heroes were facing an army of the dead. After watching a documentary on the...
Dec 16, 2025
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The best thing about that whole exchange is Mad Swede's incredibly poetic line, hidden at the bottom of the last screenshot: But soft...
Dec 16, 2025
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I was approached by both rose1 and Festus in DM's, and it should be noted that neither of those threads still exist. I don't know how...
Dec 16, 2025
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Is this a 'real' thing? (In reality, not just romanticized fiction)
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Ouch. Just... ouch. In the Epic Fantasy trilogy we're working on, one of the MMC's, the High King's personal bodyguard and companion -...
Dec 16, 2025
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>Someone write a book about a guy in his 50's, limping his way through an adventure, sitting the hell down after a fight and smoking...
Dec 16, 2025
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