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You know you are a writer when you have a nuanced opinion on whether the giving or receiving of critique has greater educational value.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll bookmark it. Sounds like it's up my alley.

I recommend you read the book. It's not long and it leaves an impression.

Perhaps he shall from above. I'll raise a toast to him when the time comes. I am joking a little, but I do indeed appreciate it when a work of fiction has educational use and works hard to immerse the reader into a character's profession, life and/or craftsmanship. A book I love is Butcher's...

Reading that Moby Dick is about the minutiae of whaling and sailing makes me want to read it. I'd love an education on both. Here I thought it was just a generic adventure ;)

So far when such a situation presented itself I've either had main characters who were able to understand the language and could translate it, or I used an omniscient POV who informed the audience. That said, there are instances where I think it would benefit the narrative if the fictitious...

The scenes I have struggled with most were not the most difficult, but the earliest. I started writing in English when I was fifteen, after being inspired by a location in Skyrim. At the time, I wanted to write a story about a group of bandits occupying a bridge fortress, which fans of the game...

Like Finch said, you can turn chat off. Just open it, click on settings and then press "disable chat."

I don't see the point of an app. If convenience is the goal, you can just make a bookmark or shortcut to the website. More importantly, the back-end of the site is handled by one (rather busy) person, so adding an app would only complicate the site's operations.

You'll never hear me make a case for artificial sweeteners, but we have been ingesting (losds of) beer and bread since the days of Sumer, so I do have my doubts over the absence of grain on your pyramid. But I am biased by my own perceptions. As long as I am in good health, at the end of the day...

If it works for you it works for you, that's the most important matter, but I would caution against aggrandizing the prehistoric past too much. Although it has been a relatively short period of time, humans haven't stopped evolving and phenotypes are of great, and as of yet not fully understood...

If I know anything about nutritionists and their prescriptions, it's that they have a paradigm shift every decade or so. Pasta and beer have done right by me.

Someone clearly hasn't seen the spy documentary "Austin Powers." Always watch out for the hidden gun bra.

Are people (not here but elsewhere) truly getting offended though? Perhaps we frequent different online or real world places, but I never encounter folks upset about the way fictional characters look. The most I have come across is that "Men writing women" subreddit, which from the little I saw...

It isn't easy being gorgeous, but we shall carry our burdens on our mighty shoulders shan't we? In other news, a recent spike of narcissism has hit the North Sea region.