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Would-be writers ask me all the time for advice and pretty much all of them are disappointed when I give it. This is more or less my... -
skip.knox replied to the thread Magic systems please!.There is a magic system for Altearth, but until modern times no one knew what it was. Instead, different people in different times and...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Collaboration.That information is over in the Promotion section. Have you looked there?
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skip.knox replied to the thread My favorite free resources.I don't think one finds good beta readers, in the sense of a sort of pool where one can cast one's line and draw out a fine fish...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Received my first response from a publisher!.In what sense do you mean? As in, you've given up on traditional publishing, given up on any sort of publishing, or given up on writing...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Collaboration.Let there be an end of direct personal attacks and direct responses to those attacks. It's all ad hominem. Ironic, isn't it, that these...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Is this success?.I think I understand. I sell almost nothing and am content. I believe I caught a whiff of what you describe when I get (at a book fair)...
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skip.knox replied to the thread How many books have you read?.Like many others here, I've always read. Having for my sins gained a doctorate in early modern European history, the number of books I...
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I forget where I read it, but the quote to live by is, "Reading is breathing in. Writing is breathing out."
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skip.knox replied to the thread Patricia C. Wrede's Worldbuilding Questions.I've seen that list elsewhere but not here. It's a bit like writing prompts for world building. Thanks for the post.
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skip.knox replied to the thread Audiobooks vs Reading.Audiobooks for fiction works okay for me, especially as my eyes are letting me down (cataracts, but repairs some time this year). For...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Favorite types of plot to write?.I have four novels, two novelettes, and three short stories, but I can't for the life of me figure out what types they are, still less...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Career success?.>How much success have you had completing/promoting/selling your novels? There are three items in the list. Completion, promotion, and...
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skip.knox reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread Got told AI did a better job than me. with
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No it's not about cultural differences. As I wrote proofreaders do check spelling and grammar but they do this within the context of the... -
skip.knox replied to the thread Got told AI did a better job than me..I wonder if perhaps there are cultural differences here regarding the meaning of the word "proofreader", at least as a profession...