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Mad Swede replied to the thread Color Me Annoyed.Is it your screens or the graphics card/chip on your computer? -
Mad Swede replied to the thread Tired of using the same word.Might I recommend Jim Colville's translation of " الروض العاطر في نزهة الخاطر " ("The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight")? I'm sure...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread LAUNCH DAY.Yes, I do my best not to make my stories war porn/fight porn/weapons porn/macho men BS. The people, their personalities and their...
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Absolutely. And I worked hard to not make this into war porn/gun porn/Navy SEAL Ooh Rah BS. It's much more about the personalities and...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread LAUNCH DAY.Probably the earliest examples of fantasy authors putting their real life military experiences into their world building are JRR Tolkien...
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Rereading this, I realize this sounds big-headed. Stick with me for a minute, though. As a lot of you Old Guard here know, I did all my...
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Okay, fine; I'm relenting. The Kindle version of STONELANDS will be available on 12 May. Preorder now for $4.99. After launch, it'll...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Victorian England.Start with the various UK Census, especially those from 1851 onwards. Look at the local trade guides and the local newspapers, and also...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Four-letter words in literature....C S Lewis did not dislike Lady Chatterley's Lover. Far from it, he saw it's literary qualities. He seems to have felt that it could have...
