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Mad Swede replied to the thread Is redeeming a really nasty villain this way good?.Hmm. I think I'd want to develop the political aspects of your setting as part of making this work. Perhaps the reason the good guy... -
Today I got some quality words in! Got into Canva and made them all pretty. Now to just figure out what's going on, here.
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Mad Swede reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades? with
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Mad Swede replied to the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades?.Sure, that writing discipline I learnt in the army ensures that I write when I set out to do so. And yes, everything that I've been...
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Mad Swede reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades? with Love.
I've been thinking about how I want to say this, something cool and observant, but I figure I should stick to being me. I know there's a...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Does anyone know where I can get stats for city populations in years past?.OK, for Denmark in general and Köpenhamn in particular you should go to the official Danish statistics website: Danmarks Statistik A...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades?.It was when I'd got my publishing contract thgat I splashed out on a good height-adjustable desk, a good desk lamp and a very good desk...
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Mad Swede reacted to Demesnedenoir's post in the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades? with Haha.
My brain immediately leaps to: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition... Cardinal Fang! Fetch...THE COMFY CHAIR! I really need to...
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Mad Swede reacted to Malik's post in the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades? with Like.
My biggest secret to getting the writing done was to ensure my writing desk had the most comfortable chair in the house.
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Mad Swede reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades? with Like.
I happen to agree. It stops being a fun bit of self-expression at the mercy of the Muse and becomes everything. It becomes a job... more...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread How do you keep writing when the motivation fades?.I learnt to write at any time and in any place no matter what was going on around me when I was a Swedish Army officer. I had to, orders...
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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.
I have non-white characters because my WIP is set on a tropical island and I happen to find creating cultures based on those of...
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Mad Swede reacted to Malik's post in the thread Is it true that your first book getting published should be a standalone and not part of a series? with Like.
Every book in your series should stand alone as well as working in a series. A reader should be able to jump into the story at any...
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Mad Swede reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing! with Like.
And it really is the perfect metaphor. lol And the same with me... I hope? Yeah, he was toast and between that and being useless - and...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Three and a half years of writing ... and I still have no clue what I'm doing!.I think it was General (Stormin') Norman Schwarzkopf who said that a military operation starts with a plan, at which point the orchestra...