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    Looking for a Fantasy Publisher. Help Me!

    Hey Scribes! I self published my first novel five years ago, and the sequel three years ago. I have six more scripts waiting to be put into production. I made that choice because I thought I'd have time to market and distribute the books myself. Turns out I was absolutely wrong. I've...
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    Editor Quest

    Super important. I do literary editing exclusively for fantasy / sci fi genre writers. I'd recommend you look for someone like that. Coincidentally, I am available ;) Not to self-promote or anything, but.....send me a query at [email protected]! (That's my work email, not my author email...
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    Submit Reviews, Short Stories, Author Bios!

    Hello Scribes! I am looking for the following information to the fill the website for a new guild of fantasy writers: + Author biographies, information, links to published books, etc., complete with profile picture and contact details + Short story submissions + Book reviews + Volunteers...
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    Seeing at a distance

    Eh, you'd hear an army before you see it in almost any case, unless you happen to be high up along a mountain ridge on a perfectly clear day with almost no tree or cloud cover beneath you. Noise is the first alert when there is such a large group. A smaller individual company would be the only...
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    A Land of Our Own (First three chapters)

    Hey Scribers! I recently published my first novel (A Land of Our Own, August 2013, MatthewRBishop.com) and wanted to set up the first three chapters for free here on the Scribes site. I hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think :) I am not including the prologue, map, dedications, cast...
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    The Reasons for Reading Outside Your Genre

    The Life of Pi and The Alchemist are great quick reads outside of fantasy, the former essentially a 300-page metaphor and the latter indecipherable. Definitely recommend them. Life of Pi is more high literary and Alchemist is more adventure
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    What makes you different? And what makes you good?

    Humanizing villains is always good, as mentioned above. When you can put two humanized, sympathetic characters in obvious, unavoidable and confrontational collision, you really create the opportunity to develop the reader as a person and a thinker, and to develop your story as something...
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    Villainous racism in fantasy

    Nah :\ I mean, I have a genocidal king in my series, so I hope racism isn't too bad of a turn-off, because if it is, I am wrecked completely. I see it this way: The wider diversity of characters in a story set, the higher is the level of unique characterization (per individual) that can be...
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    Book suggestions please

    Can I recommend my own? :P Published 36 hours ago, Google's crawlers haven't discovered it yet, so follow this link for reviews, excerpts, and eStore link: MatthewRBishop.com < Pitch: Story of a boy born as a slave into a penal colony, forced to fight for his freedom and to find a land of...
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    Your Favorite Villain

    Might be a little cocky here, but I will have to choose a villain from my own novels, King Seagraul. He begins in the early series as a revolutionary and a visionary, a living ideal of "change the system" and dies as a tyrant and war criminal corrupted by his own system. He bares the flaws of...
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    Debut Novelist Seeking Feedback

    Hey all! My new book is out It is the story of a boy born as a slave into a penal colony, forced to fight for his freedom and for a land of his own. The story chronicles his adventures across two continents, from his being a slave to his being a hero of independence, and has been called "a...
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    HELP ME choose names for main characters!!! SUPER important, thanks :D

    More opinions!! Everyone in these forums, your ideas are important-- share them!
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    HELP ME choose names for main characters!!! SUPER important, thanks :D

    Thanks for the feedback everyone, I'm keeping a record of all this -- anyone else have opinions?
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    HELP ME choose names for main characters!!! SUPER important, thanks :D

    Wordsmiths! I need some help deciding on main character names for my first novel, due to be published in a matter of weeks. All feedback is welcome! For the past 9 years, I have been using the names "Gendorn", "Bendoraun" (both male) and "Meiln" (F) for three characters born into a penal...
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