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    Am I a snob?

    Good thread! I find myself relating to a lot of the responses here. To me, a snob is someone who feels that their education, experience, or viewpoint is superior to someone else, and they then try to put down the other person or their tastes because they believe them to be inferior. Depending...
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    Plagiarism vs. Inspiration - What are your thoughts?

    Okay, I know, this subject has probably been hashed to death before, but bear with me. It’s something that’s bothered me for years and I want to hear some more input on it. Basically, it irritates the crap out of me when I'm reading a book and go, "Hey! That sounds just like Such-and-Such's...
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    Anyone else worried about dying?

    Lol. Special Zombie Dad edition :)
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    Anyone else worried about dying?

    I have thought about death before, but I've never really worried about it. I can count the number of readers I have on one hand, and I'm related to most of those. I don't have to worry about anyone publishing my work posthumously. When it comes time for me to die, I figure there's really nothing...
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    Villains with mental disorders?

    Hey all - I just wondered about something today. What are your thoughts about writing villains with mental disorders? I think this would be an interesting thing to dabble with, as would writing an antihero with a disorder. It seems like whenever we encounter bad guys in popular media, if they...
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    How we Present our Villains

    Oooh, I do love a good villain discussion! :) I like to have a variety of characteristics with villains, in general. I think that sometimes the reason villains or bad guys get written as so hideous or scary-looking is because the writed wants you to automatically hate them and understand that...
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    Appendices

    I like to put appendices in the back of my books in order to explain some things in more detail or depth. I try to explain most things just enough in the actual story that the reader gets the reference and isn't lost; if they want to know more, they are welcome to read the extra info in back of...
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    Death by accident

    I agree with what others have said here, in that if the death supports an important piece of the plot, then it is acceptable. While I might feel miffed that a character I may have grown to like just up and died, that stuff does happen. And I'll be honest - Depending on the circumstances, it...
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    What's the funniest research you've ever had to do for your fantasy novel?

    Military tactics and weapons/materials used. This is still ongoing for me. I'm always reading up on strategies or weapons used in the past so that I can try to create more believable battle scenes in my books. Also, if removing enough mined material from the Earth's moon would throw off its...
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    Sexually explicit in fantasy - yay or nay?

    Many apologies. I had given up reading the last few pages before posting my most recent response.
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    Sexually explicit in fantasy - yay or nay?

    Fyle, I think you have helped to answer your question to my original post. I view life in all forms as something sacred. Sex is a special part of life to me, and furthermore, it represents the creation of new life or the rejuvenation of existing life. While I have no problem with a scene leading...
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    Land and Personality?

    I don't know if it has affected my personality at all, but I know that where I have lived has affected my view of what is soothing. I grew up in northern Utah, so plenty of unpredictable weather and dry climate extremes. I love the mountains here, and I feel lost without "my" mountains at...
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    Dragon Magic

    Personally, when I'm looking to "add" new spells to a world I'm writing, I try to figure out the purpose of that specific spell, first. Was your spell originally used for some basic purpose, such as working metals or causing food to grow? Was it an offensive spell used for protection or assault...
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    Sexually explicit in fantasy - yay or nay?

    No. I view sex as a sacred, special thing. I neither read nor write about it. Most sex-related things I have run across in books feel like cheap filler material used to hook the reader, and the scarce books that are more respectful about it just made me uncomfortable, anyway.
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    Tell me about your project

    Oh, I'm so glad I'm not the only one that has a lot of distractions! I once heard the term ADOS, and it makes me laugh because it's so true. I'm Attention Deficit - Oh Shiny! What do you guys like to garden? For me, it's about anything I can get my hands on. Right now I have far too many...
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