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Karlin replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.I'll add another comment. What we are talking about is how to include our 21st century concepts of skin color and gender identity in... -
Karlin replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.Read on. I thought the same at first.
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Karlin replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.Black Water Sister. It starts out with her grandma's ghost mentioning that she's lesbian, but then novel goes on the deal with other...
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Karlin replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.I was commenting on a case where a character's sexual orientation seemed like an afterthought, not on the basic fact that the author...
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Karlin posted the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published in Writing Discussions.Hi, I just read a novel that centered around family relationships and Chinese beliefs in spirits and ghosts. I finished reading it, and...
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Karlin replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..Black Water Sister, Zen Cho. Involves mediums who atectaken over by gods. Based on Chinese folk beliefs
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Karlin replied to the thread theoretically, how would you kill a god?.In the Journey to the West, the gods attempt to kill Sun Wukong in various ways. One involved the " god execution block", which...
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Karlin replied to the thread theoretically, how would you kill a god?.Why "theoretically"? Go try it. Some gods are easier to kill than others. A lot depends on what you mean by "god".
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Karlin replied to the thread [Game] Last one to post wins!.y'all still playin this game?
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Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett [words] and Melvyn Grant [pictures] A delightful light read. I can see why young Sam Vimes likes it.
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Karlin replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..I picked up an old Robert Silverberg sci fi novel, the tower of glass, in a street library. Read well, though not really a great book...
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Karlin reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread How much should we explain existing mythology in our stories? with
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I've been following this thread for a few days, and it strikes me that we may be missing something. The challenge is how we convey the... -
Karlin replied to the thread Opinions on the thingy I'm describing.My first thought was "Gilgamesh", though others might think of Homer. Yet few read those in the form they originally were in. HAve you...
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Karlin replied to the thread Are story ideas truly 'cheap'?.I tend to have fairly original out-of-the-box ideas (at least I think I do). By "idea" here I mean the original spark that is the basis...
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Karlin reacted to pmmg's post in the thread My name is Matthew; I am a College Student trying to find a side hustle I can be good at. with Like.
Oh man, I hope fantasy writing is not your side hustle... It's not often a labor of profit. More on the labor of love side. Welcome here.