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Mad Swede replied to the thread How do we know when its finished?.Then you have set up the transaction wrong. Either you didn't ask for the right things or you didn't choose the right editor. As an... -
Mad Swede replied to the thread How do we know when its finished?.These are signs that you've got the wrong editor, or that your relationship with your editor is not where it should be. I've said it...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Is this copyright infringement?.Let me put it this way. Your concept for an alcoholic drink made from Mana cows is too similar to the way Chateau Romani is produced...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Hey so our production team talked about this....Rule number 1: Money flows from the publisher to the author. Any "publisher" who asks you to pay for anything (editing, printing, review...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Hey so our production team talked about this....I'll write it again. No serious publisher is ever going to make a statement like that to you. So don't spend any time thinking about how...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread What inspired you to write?.Yes, I think I'd use the word "driven" to describe that sense of compulsion I now have. I'm not sure I could have expressed it that way...
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I think maybe it's closer to 'driven' than 'inspired?' I know that holds true for me, most of the time.
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Mad Swede replied to the thread What inspired you to write?.Nothing inspired me to write. I write because I have to, it's a deeply personal thing. What I write about is based on things I've seen...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Hey so our production team talked about this....No serious publisher would ever make a statement like that. Quite apart from anything else, no publisher can predict how many copies a...
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Mad Swede reacted to Miles Lacey's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with
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Zen Cho is based in Birmingham in the United Kingdom but the book was published in the United States. It was written in English except... -
Mad Swede reacted to Queshire's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
By a person who, from a google search, was born & raised in Malaysia and later moved to the UK.
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Plans? As the great Bill the Cat said more than once... ACKPHFT!
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Mad Swede replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.And it doesn't occur to you that there may be a reason for a Malaysian to live in the UK and write a book with a lesbian character like...
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Mad Swede reacted to Miles Lacey's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
It may seem as if the author of Black Water Sister has made the main character lesbian so she can sell a few extra books but that isn't...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Writing Plan for 2026.A writing plan for 2026? Well, more like an authors plan. The fourth novel is almost through the editing process, so I'll be having...