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A. E. Lowan reacted to Gurkhal's post in the thread How Epic Fantasy Writes So Many Characters at Once with
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I love reading about huge casts of characters. I've read fantasy which are more slimmed down and streamlined in regards to world... -
A. E. Lowan reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks? with Love.
One thing to keep in mind is that not everyone in your society will keep the same views. Just looking at the Netherlands (where I live)...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread How do you keep dread alive when nothing scary is happening yet? with Love.
I read IT, and it didn't work for me. It's too long and meandering. It feels like a case of the editors no longer daring to tell a...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to pmmg's post in the thread How do you keep dread alive when nothing scary is happening yet? with Love.
I think you mean Stephen King's IT. I passed on those. I've had enough Stephen King in my life.
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Chapter length?.We do the one scene per chapter thing because I used to have problems with this. Chapter length is one of those craft things where what...
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Er, no. As a rule you and your editor will work out how long each chapter should be, based on the needs of the story. This is what my...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread How do you keep dread alive when nothing scary is happening yet?.Maybe? lol It's the one with the clown with the red balloon.
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread How do you keep dread alive when nothing scary is happening yet?.I saw the first few minutes of the new The Thing - that's the one with the clown? I don't watch Horror, which is funny as hell of you've...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread What makes you give up on a book?.That's the textbook definition of Romance. Probably good to just avoid if that's not your speed.
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks?.I know you know the answer to this, Karlin, but I'm going to explain for the rest of the class. For the wealthy and the landed and the...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Filifjonken's post in the thread What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks? with Love.
Mine has no bigotry against the LGBTQ+. I saw no reason to include it, and I didn't feel like it either.
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A. E. Lowan reacted to Malik's post in the thread What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks? with Love.
My world is extremely sex-positive. The year is made up of 4, 104-day months, and everything is tied to the lunar calendar, as on Earth...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread What do you listen to?.I listen to a very broad range of music. I listen to music pretty much the entire time I'm awake because it helps me focus and be able...
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A. E. Lowan replied to the thread What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks?.Depends on the series. In our Urban Fantasy series, the Books of Binding, Seahaven is about 160 miles from Seattle. It's a pretty...
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A. E. Lowan reacted to pmmg's post in the thread How do you keep dread alive when nothing scary is happening yet? with Like.
Since question is really about a sense of dread, I will pass on the many different kinds of tension. And...since the OP'er has already...