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So, we get one or two messages from scammers a day, and I usually just wield the Ban Hammer and keep on with my day. But today I got... -
Joe McM reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread Writing about sex, intimacy and relationships with
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The same way as with any other experience we write about without having experienced it. I've never flown a dragon, been in a life or... -
Joe McM replied to the thread How to be more creative when writing..I just let my imagination go. I also have spiritual muses essentially who help inspire me.
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Joe McM reacted to Jackarandajam's post in the thread Where do you get inspired from real life? with Like.
My kids: some of the stuff they say ("laster-day" made its way into one of my characters common lingo, for instance. Who ever heard of a...
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Joe McM replied to the thread Where do you get inspired from real life?.Yes. I’m a spirit healer. My fantasy series is about a young gay boy who discovers he’s both a physical healer and a spirit healer, and...
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Joe McM reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Kinda want to make some 'expies' of substances for my fantasy setting. with Like.
What is an expie? Generally, that is a slang term for exporting/importing a character from another series into your own? Is this a drug...
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Joe McM reacted to Jackarandajam's post in the thread Kinda want to make some 'expies' of substances for my fantasy setting. with Like.
I have something I call Limpleaf which is a sort of opium substitute, and Scale, which is literally a scale from the belly of a fish...
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Joe McM reacted to Finchbearer's post in the thread Kinda want to make some 'expies' of substances for my fantasy setting. with Like.
In Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ we see the narrator go to a wack psychiatrist who prescribes her a...
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Joe McM reacted to Naruzeldamaster's post in the thread Kinda want to make some 'expies' of substances for my fantasy setting. with Like.
Well the idea with Relaxiya is that it's incredibly toxic (It causes your nervous system to entirely freeze, and acts as quick as most...
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Joe McM replied to the thread Kinda want to make some 'expies' of substances for my fantasy setting..My books are targeted for a young adults. So, I too have that in mind. For my world, I might create a plant that regrows limbs or bone...
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Joe McM reacted to Naruzeldamaster's post in the thread Kinda want to make some 'expies' of substances for my fantasy setting. with Like.
I'm fine with like Tobacco and stuff in my books, especially in a real world setting where that stuff exists. In a fantasy setting...
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Joe McM replied to the thread Kinda want to make some 'expies' of substances for my fantasy setting..I like it. I hadn’t thought about inventing a plant specific to a fantasy world. All the plants and herbs I have in my first book are...
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Joe McM replied to the thread Editing and Re-Writing.I also don’t like editing. But they’re all correct about its importance. What helps me through is alternating editing one novel wit’s...
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I try to keep it book-related on the computer side, working in Photoshop and InDesign (I worked in Quark after college laying out...