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Miles Lacey reacted to Seng Yu Rui's post in the thread Should Pizza exist in a "fantasy" setting? with
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Burgers have come up multiple times here, and it's worth noting that the roujiamo, the rough Chinese equivalent to a hamburger, dates... -
Miles Lacey replied to the thread How do y'all make up "fantasy names?".I just borrow words from Maori, Tahitian, Hawai'ian and Tongan. The island the story I'm writing is set in is Pounamu. Pounamu is the...
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Many, but not nearly as many as I would like to have read. EDITED: Also I believe on should read broadly, if one wants to write, as to...
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Miles Lacey replied to the thread How many books have you read?.I do about 95% of my reading sitting on the toilet. I would conservatively guess about three thousand books over a lifetime. These...
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Miles Lacey replied to the thread Should Pizza exist in a "fantasy" setting?.The idea for this law was inspired by this: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-demand/video/jimmy-kimmel-blasts-bill-englishs-pizza/ I...
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Miles Lacey replied to the thread Should Pizza exist in a "fantasy" setting?.I work in an Italian restaurant so I am well and truly cured of any desire to see, eat or read about pizza in any way, shape or form but...
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Miles Lacey replied to the thread Got told AI did a better job than me..It is possible that AI has come up with better story ideas than the original poster but it's not who - or what - comes up with a better...
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AI remixing ideas is not the same as creating meaning. Your ideas came from you.
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Miles Lacey replied to the thread Got told AI did a better job than me..To me AI is a tool, nothing more. Like any tool it can be used for good or bad. A hammer can be used to hammer nails or pull them out...
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Miles Lacey replied to the thread Months and Calendar.I had a calendar that had 13 months made up of 28 days, divided into four weeks of 7 days and a stand alone day for New Year's Day...
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Miles Lacey reacted to xena's post in the thread What's the best writing advice you ever received? with Like.
“Write the scene like only you can.” It remind me to stop chasing perfection and just tell the story my way. This is the best writing...
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Miles Lacey replied to the thread What's the best writing advice you ever received?.Keep it simple. Only add detail if something deviates from what would be expected, it's vital to the story that we have those details...
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Miles Lacey replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.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...
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Miles Lacey reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published with Like.
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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Miles Lacey replied to the thread marginalized characters that were added just to help get a book published.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...