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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)... -
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...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Got told AI did a better job than me..Yeah, on my first couple of projects I never even thought about themes. I knew about them, they just didn't seem to matter during the...
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skip.knox replied to the thread How to do research for historical fantasy in a structured way?.When it comes to the one tool, all I can really recommend is that it be digital. Analog doesn't cut it for organization, as you have...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Got told AI did a better job than me..>you do in fact need an editor well of course. Everything needs editing. I don't view it as spotting themes that need developing. I...
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skip.knox replied to the thread Got told AI did a better job than me..I recently submitted the bulk of a novel into Sudowrite (which uses a whole menu of LLMs) and basically asked whaddyathink? Most of...
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skip.knox replied to the thread How to do research for historical fantasy in a structured way?.>The problem is rather: How to collect it in a way that doesn't end up in a mess. Knowing how to organize disparate information is...
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skip.knox replied to the thread How to do research for historical fantasy in a structured way?.Everyone finds their own methodology, so this is suggestion only. You've chosen a place and a time, but you'll get more specific. Here...