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The Dark One replied to the thread Technology and Eras in Fantasy.For me the key defining characteristic of fantasy is that the supernatural is possible. That can happen in any setting - which is why... -
The Dark One replied to the thread I feel like I can come up with everything except a plot..Exactly. People in stories make choices that (most) people IRL wouldn't dare.
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The Dark One reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett... with
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Some of you have felt that Pratchett was generalising too much in that quote. I suggest that perhaps he was guilty of oversimplifying... -
The Dark One replied to the thread Embarassing situations.As a person who's had a few books published I get asked for advice all the time - which I'm happy to give - but I always draw the line...
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The Dark One replied to the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett....Way too much of a vague generalisation for me. Where's his evidence? I would have thought that we novelists (presumably with...
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The Dark One replied to the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings..In real life, every second kid (in Australia at least) has a weird made-up name. Life imitates art once again.
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The Dark One replied to the thread 'real' names in Fantasy Settings..You accept a talking sponge but draw the line at a submarine squirrel? Okay...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.An error I didn't realise until after publication (pointed out by a reader) was that I had bluebells flowering in the wrong month...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.Writing historical fiction requires never-ending research - so easy to slip up with anachronistic details. While editing my novel set in...
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I write speculative fiction, and I guess most in the English speaking parts of the world would call it low fantasy. With that written, I...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.I should add, I never referred to her as a druid (quite deliberately). He made his own connection.
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The Dark One replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.As I've said before, I don't write fantasy but I do write historical and speculative fiction. Even one of my crime novels has a decent...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Scam e-mails.I doubt whether a legit film rights buyer would give up easily. And the reality is, most (not all, I grant you) writers whose books are...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Scam e-mails.If you get an email you weren't expecting regarding your work... No matter how exciting, 999 times out of a thousand, it's a scam.
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The Dark One replied to the thread Despite a few delays....Well done MS. It's always exciting having a new book on the shelves and that's a very decent print run. My biggest was 5k (and there...