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    Writing 2 Books on Pre-Christian Scandinavia

    Look at where those barons came from and what their family history was...
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    Sundering the Gods— The Wiki

    If you're still having problems with your redirect, ping me. I do this (well - quite a bit more actually) at my day job.
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    A Compendium of Witchy Women

    Sadly there are places in the world where this still happens. Google and you will find them.
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    List of Random Acts of Protection and Kindness Needed

    Look what modern charities do... feed the elderly, feed the pets, clean up after a disaster,
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    Writing 2 Books on Pre-Christian Scandinavia

    Pre-Christian can be quite difficult. Too many times things were either re-written to conform to Christian ideology (e.g. subservient women) or outright destroyed. That doesn't just apply to Scandinavia but most of the world (e.g. the burning of the Aztec codexes). Having and lived and worked...
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    Book piracy and what do you do about it.

    Another thing to be aware of, when dealing with Intellectual Property Rights is that there can be consequences for a lack of challenge. If you allow the piracy to go unchallenged, there is, in many states, a legal doctrine that equates your lack of challenge to effectively releasing the work to...
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    Beginning and end but no middle

    I would add not to make the mistake of thinking you have to move the storyline X% per chapter. Some things may move in a couple of paragraphs. Other things may need multiple chapters to become fully fledged. Catching a child trying to steal doesn't require a lot of explanation, particularly...
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    The Beginning

    Pretend for a moment that your main character is your BFF. What would that person be doing on a typical Tuesday? Would it be shopping or laundry or milking a goat... See if you can get much on a page.
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    What do you look for in a book cover?

    I can't speak for anyone else BearBear but I have possibly enough artistic ability to do stick figures or petroglyphs or runes and that's about the extent of my visual arts skills. That's why I don't illustrate anything. I know what my characters look like. I know what their settings look...
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    What do you look for in a book cover?

    Please disregard. Having issues with my browser and touch pad.
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    Books with power... how would you interpolate?

    Perhaps reading the book causes the thing to perform its function sort of like the mop in Fantasia.
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