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    How will Covid-19 change fiction?

    I can tell you that my WIP with a virus outbreak originating in Washington that I started Dec 2018 seems retroactively insensitive now...
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    Naming a Fantasy World

    I'll admit that I use my geology degree and use ancient landmass names like pangea, laurasia, rodina, etc or celestial bodies.
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    Writing in Public

    I've had the urge to get out and try to write in public, but to echo some earlier posts I 1) don't want anyone to ask what I'm doing because I don't have the elevator speech down yet and 2) I write on an older computer that's 1-2 more accidental bumps from failing and I don't want to risk...
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    Hello from Florida

    I was mostly talking about some of our residents, politicians, and news events. Orlando's nice if you stick towards downtown so you don't get swamped by everything Disney and Universal. It's a cool place as well; I have beaches 1.5 hours east and west, Orlando is the same distance south, and my...
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    Names sound very similar to real words

    I wouldn't worry on the drachma thing, but I would tend to watch character's names. Archon isn't the most well known thing, but if you use names tied to important or ancient names people may draw comparison. Like, if you name someone Cain and he happens to have a brother...people are going to...
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    Hello from Florida

    Greetings from the 2nd craziest (per capita) state in the US. I'm working on a fantasy novel in my spare time and I'd love to read and review some writing tips here, sharing my two cents when possible. See you in the forums!
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