Some sort of gothic art nouveau, is what comes to mind first I guess. But that's 'cause I'm weird. But yeah, Victorian-ness, gears, pipes and all...
Okay seriously didn't mean to hit a nerve there... I'll leave you guys to it.
The thing about Writing with Colour is that the mods there know exactly what they're talking about. They live it, day in day out. And there's an...
I guess I'm weird then for finding on screen keyboards easy to write with!
I guess something like a kindle fire would for that? Alternatively steer away from iPhones and you'll get much better battery life.. But it's...
I'm going to throw a spanner in here and say I've got no problem with 1st person, or multi 1st (though to a lesser degree). I've only read books...
Ah but wasn't "man" also originally used to mean a human being of any gender? Therefore a "a man who has magical powers..." could easy be a gender...
Catherine is very much your typical "bean pole". Tall, thin, almost to a fault, not overly malnourished but doesn't necessarily look after...
Something Brian said a few posts back spoke to me. Reasonable intelligence and the drive to get better. There may be a lot of "learnable" skills...
Stick to your guns. That's what I say. Then again I really don't listen to other people's labels for my life :)
Like I said in t'other thread, I'm in. I'll pm you sometime tomorrow with my email address. I'm all for diversity, but still need to educate...
I'm very much of the same opinion, Mytho, on most of your points. Though I have to admit I honestly can't think of an example other than the...
If got to say that I disagree with some of the ideas being put forth in favour of western storytelling being better for its greyness. Japanese...
As far as I'm aware LGBTQ literature is a genre in which being LGBTQ, as Ireth says, impacts the story in some way. Kind of like how having a...
I'll bet any money Caged Maiden that your friend was touching on Discourse Theory, but going about it with no concrete knowledge and with the...
The main problem I've found with pronouns like xie and its fellows is that very few people outside of either the craft itself or the lgbtq+...
I wouldn't sweat a name. I don't know, but I'm sure there are some fantastically awesome villains out there who's names are about as pedestrian...
That guy sure likes cutting stuff. If there's decent bloody reason then great, go right ahead, otherwise think about it harder. And maybe a bit...
It all depends on what you're going for as an author, what the reader prefers... Personally I'm not sure I have the time to spend on letting...
I've always struggled with thoughts such as "this feels pointless" and "I must be useless considering ..." They often lead me down the pit of...
