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    skip.knox replied to the thread Those Pesky Characters.
    It happens differently with different characters, but the point of recognition is pretty clear for me. It happens when the character...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Transitory Groups.
    you used the word "droves", which brought to mind another itinerant group: drovers. That is, people who manage livestock. With sheep...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Remarkable Works I've Read.
    Read this as a youngster and was much impressed. I may need to revisit.
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    skip.knox reacted to Demesnedenoir's post in the thread Origin Stories with Like Like.
    I have multiple origin stories from various religions, and then there is the truth. So far, I only graze them in the stories as they...
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    skip.knox reacted to Incanus's post in the thread Shameless Self-Appreciation Thread with Like Like.
    Hit a milestone last night: reached and completed page 100 of my WIP, in manuscript. Yay, triple digit page count! Hell, I'll just...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Remarkable Works I've Read.
    Here's another recent read. It's called "Accidental Flight" by F.L. Wallace and was originally published in 1952 in Galaxy magazine. I...
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    skip.knox reacted to Jackarandajam's post in the thread Remarkable Works I've Read with Like Like.
    I'll second this. We used to sing Freefalling by Tom Petty as we climbed out on top of a wind turbine to do something particularly...
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    skip.knox posted the thread Remarkable Works I've Read in Chit Chat.
    I've read some remarkable stuff of late, so I thought I'd remark on them. Feel free to kick in your own. First up, Two Years Before the...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Transitory Groups.
    >Your elves explanation gives them a very Zen or Buddhist vibe, which is quite interesting. Yet another example of how the reader will...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Shameless Self-Appreciation Thread.
    O'Brian's work is great. My favorite is the dialog, but I also like the somewhat odd way he handles battle scenes. It's not unusual for...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Causes of War for Fantasy Writers.
    There are at least a couple of levels to this matter of motivation and justification. One is the national level (I'll let that term...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Apocalyptic events..
    No, but Altearth goblins don't have a literature or form societies. There was once a lively debate as to whether goblins were a Folk or...
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    skip.knox replied to the thread Transitory Groups.
    I have another kind of traveler, which is elves. Not all of them, but a goodly number will do something like a dream quest or walkabout...
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    skip.knox reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread What was hard to write? with Like Like.
    Again from Faerie Rising, I actually made myself gag a few times writing a description. Everyone has their 'thing,' that one thing that...
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    skip.knox reacted to pmmg's post in the thread What was hard to write? with Like Like.
    I've been there plenty. Its rare the thing I first imagined actually makes it to the page as I imagined it. Sometimes, its like....I...
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