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    What's a word for...?

    As for a raised patio, that's a deck, at least in my experience.
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    A sampling of my fantasy art

    I love it all. I'm a very visual person, but I've never gotten good at drawing at all, so it's kind of frustrating when I have my own ideas, but fantastic when I see someone else's. I love the centipede creatures at the end of the first book. When I saw that there was more than one, I envisioned...
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    Creative World Building

    If you're going more for Australia's climate, I'd put the elves in Canberra region (northern subtropical), but that's partially because I put my own elves in a Carolinas/Georgia climate and made them, well, not your typical elvish culture. Basically, elves and dwarves are a pretty good fantasy...
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    The Life of a Writer

    In case anyone's interested in an update (and even if you're not :-P), I've finished my novel, which I'm calling Wrath of the Fallen (and yes, this is the one I was considering naming The Song of the Tiger), and I just sent my first query letter to an agent. My grandmother insisted that I needed...
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    Help with my query, please.

    Ah, thank you. This has been a big help.
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    Help with my query, please.

    Ah, thank you, and actually, the "disturbing truth" actually is revealed in the first third of the book. The climax is a bit more tumultuous than that. I've added a little info on my influences, but I'm not sure if it's helpful:
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    Help with my query, please.

    How's this?
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    Help with my query, please.

    I'm getting ready to send out a query letter, but I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. Since I can't afford to have someone review it on a paid site, would someone here mind helping me out with this? I'd like to say what it's like, but it's not quite as severe as GRRM, but it's also not quite...
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    Titling a Book

    Considering what happens with the Avranu (the Tiger's Song), that sounds like a good title now. Also, Song of the Tiger or Tiger's Song?
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    Titling a Book

    Do you think it would make a difference if the Tiger was actually the villain?
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    Titling a Book

    Hm, those are interesting titles, but I'm not sure. Also, I have already done a lot of editing. What happened is that I was on my intended final read-through when I realized a few plot-holes that needed filling in, and that's what I'm working on right now. I should also explain that this is the...
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    Titling a Book

    The Veil itself is somewhat minor, unfortunately. There is one scene where a character goes into it, but it's more referenced in dialogue referring to the breaking of it. [Edit: Veil of Shadows is also already being used.]
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    Titling a Book

    I'm about 2,000 words away from finishing my novel, which I plan on submitting to agents for traditional publication. Now, I realize that publishers have the final say in what a book is titled, but I still want to make sure I have a title that stands out. Originally, I had been calling it Escape...
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    Women in fantasy

    Mindfire, I looked it up, and you're right. Ben Kingsley's father was a Gujarati Indian who moved to England. He's pretty much the go-to guy for non-English characters: Gandhi, Moses, Pharaoh, and others that I can't remember. Also, I think it is more to avoid offending the Chinese. The idea of...
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    The Life of a Writer

    Thank you everyone, and thanks especially aelowan. Sometimes, I think I also have some kind of dissociative disorder, as well, and other times, I'm convinced of it. After all, it's okay if you talk to yourself. You might have problems if you answer. If a third party butts in and tells the other...
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