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Insolent Lad replied to the thread What is your worlds stance on lgbtq folks?.When more than a few of the gods are LGBTQ+ (or the equivalent in their setting), humans are likely to be accepting of it. This hasn't... -
Insolent Lad replied to the thread What makes you read a book multiple times?.I'm old enough to be revisiting books I first read decades ago and feeling the need to reacquaint myself with them. I have to admit...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Fantasy/fiction in modern setting.The greater part of Stephen King's output is fantasy (albeit frequently 'horror fantasy') in a modern setting. Not that I'm a King fan...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread What are you top fifteen Favorite Novels / Series?.Off the top of my head and not necessarily in order: Brideshead Revisited — Waugh The Lord of the Rings — Tolkien Vanity Fair —...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Why do you like Harry Potter?.Can't say I do like the series. The first two or three books were fairly entertaining, despite a lot of 'junk words' and adverb abuse...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread What's the oldest movie you've watched/seen?.I think that might be the original 1918 silent version of Tarzan of the Apes with Elmo Lincoln in the title role.
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread How Do You Build a Believable Divination System for a Fantasy World?.I generally prefer a scientific (or pseudo-scientific or 'rubber science') explanation for this--and pretty much everything else of a...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread What tool to use?.It is. OpenOffice doesn't keep adding as many 'bells and whistles' and might be a tad more stable. I use Libre mostly because it comes...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Where to Write.Being old-fashioned (or maybe just old) I do all my writing off-line, mostly using LibreOffice. Drafting on my laptop, comfortably on...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Gods and Wizards.Some world-building notes, mostly about gods: The Gods
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Writing a magazine article?.Wrote quite a few when I was younger but they were mostly for fitness and bodybuilding magazines. The world has changed a lot since I...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Web Novel Platforms.Royal Road is supposedly better for fantasy-oriented writing (as well as, ah, 'spicy' stories) but it's hard to be noticed on any platform.
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett....As much of Pratchett's writing, I think this should be taken as a tongue in cheek exaggeration. That doesn't mean there's no validity to it.
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Back before the internet, you would call a research librarian and ask them stuff. They'd get back to you, usually within a few hours...
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Insolent Lad replied to the thread Trialectic?.I can say I've never come up with a plot without first having a character to build it around. Only then can I figure out something for...
