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It's a good book, I listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed it. It has lots of good information on the writing life. It does bug me when SO many people ONLY recommend this book when they're asked about books on writing, like it's the most holy scripture of his holiness Stephen of house...

Hello everybody, my name is Rob and I'm an alch- wait, let me try that again. My name is Rob and when I grow up I want to be a writer. I'm 34 1/2 years old so I'm burning daylight here. I'm working on a few short stories right now, and generally picking away at a fantasy world I will use for a...

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

I'd say yeah, let the story work itself out and once you get through a draft, start implementing some of the logistics. The only time I'd recommend getting it nailed down ahead of time is if the plot is contingent on these aspects of your world.

Always good to take a look at how to put a new twist on genre tropes and make them your own.

Definitely a must have!

Something you may consider is the fact that females are often obscure and hard to find. You may take that into consideration, and possibly have one of the races procreate based on a queen-hive society. Also, considering how short dwarves are, you could play it off as a curse from the gods for...

So I've got a blog I started talking about Grimdark, it's also a Facebook group. I've got a writing challenge going on right now also. I've had the chance to interview a handful of authors, and have more interviews in the works. Check it out, grimdarkfiction.blogspot.com.