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    The Hobbit (No Spoilers)

    I'm probably the only person on earth, but I didn't really like it. The word "travesty" pops into my mind every time I hear about it. Normally when Hollywood turns a book into a movie, they have to take stuff out, not make up stuff to add in. To me, the fact that they're making three movies...
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    Do you have to be a fantasy reader to be a fantasy writer?

    I'm guilty of this, and I've also wondered whether it's a good or bad thing. I always [I]mean[I] to read more fantasy, but other books--non fiction stuff about mythology, folklore, history, sagas, fairy tales etc.--keep piling on top of them and get read first. Thanks for asking this...
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    Be Honest: Why are you Really Not Published Yet?

    1. I will finish something. 2. I will get it published by 2014. 3. Even if this isn't realistic, I will still try. 4. I'm tired of failing. 5. I will submit it to (pretty much going to ignore the last part of this because I don't know the names of any places to which I would submit something...
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    (For lack of anything remotely clever to say:) Hi there.

    Howdy and thanks for having me. To Mythic Scribes at large: thanks for existing. Recently I've had an epiphany: I am not, after all, going to be satisfied with writing just for my own personal enjoyment. I have to try to do something more with it. But before I can do that I have to find...
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