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Mad Swede replied to the thread Months and Calendar.Before you get to the point of working out the number of days in each month and so on, I'd ask you how many people in your setting can... -
Mad Swede reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread My writing style, right for me, or too 'distracted' ? with
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Have you finished any story? That is, all the way to either self-publishing or submitting the story to an agent or magazine? If the... -
Mad Swede replied to the thread My writing style, right for me, or too 'distracted' ?.This is not really about how many stories you have on the go at the same time. It is about your writing discipline, because it is this...
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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...
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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...