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skip.knox replied to the thread Warfare in Rings of Power Season 1.Agreed, and I'm very far from ever having experienced anything of the sort. The effects of combat (as distinct from the effects of war)... -
skip.knox replied to the thread Warfare in Rings of Power Season 1.I don't know if Tolkien was very specific on the topic. Sometimes I think of Ents as basically trees that come alive, but other times...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Warfare in Rings of Power Season 1.Different people are entertained by different things; similarly, different people are put off by different things. However passionately...
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skip.knox replied to the thread What was hard to write?.Hm, that's pretty much how I work (except I resist saying I'm a visual learner or tactile learner or olfactory learner). I do remember...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Cover Photo in Portfolios.I can't seem to find the same page you are seeing, but I did get to Edit a Portfolio Entry and saw a checkbox down at the bottom for...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Cover Photo in Portfolios.I went to my profile. (/community/account) The heading on that page is Account Details It shows my avatar in the right-hand column with...
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skip.knox replied to the thread What was hard to write?.I appreciate the references; I did watch them (mostly). I still have a hard time turning to movies for examples of how to write (or not...
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skip.knox replied to the thread What was hard to write?.Prince of Spires, I agree. Combined with earlier comments on this thread, I'd say that most *useful* writerly advice concerns basic work...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Remarkable Works I've Read.PITFCS (pronounced however you see fit) It has been a few years since I read this thing. I cannot pretend it is great writing, but it...
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On this subject I think it's helpful to point out two very different types of "books on writing." One is the "how to write a novel" type...
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skip.knox replied to the thread What was hard to write?.It's a curiosity that there is so much advice on offer for the first-time writer, yet almost none for the authors who are on their, say...
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skip.knox reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Fallen, the Newest Fantasy Anthology by Dragon Soul Press, Now Available for Purchase on Amazon! with
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Yeah, so with getting COVID my already shaky short-term memory decided to totally crash, and I missed the real release date by about a... -
skip.knox replied to the thread Transitory Groups.We slayed the slew. A slew is nearly as bad as a grue, but they never attack in droves.
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skip.knox replied to the thread Transitory Groups.Yes, all related etymologically. In current parlance, the word survives mostly as "droves" with the meaning of "a large group" of...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Transitory Groups.Not circus troupes only, but itinerant performing groups in general can be interesting.