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Insolent Lad replied to the thread What inspired you to write?.The Song of Hiawatha, almost as soon as I could read. It gave me a lifelong love for both poetic language and myth. -
Mad Swede replied to the thread What inspired you to write?.Yes, I think I'd use the word "driven" to describe that sense of compulsion I now have. I'm not sure I could have expressed it that way... -
A. E. Lowan replied to the thread What inspired you to write?.I think maybe it's closer to 'driven' than 'inspired?' I know that holds true for me, most of the time. -
Mad Swede replied to the thread What inspired you to write?.Nothing inspired me to write. I write because I have to, it's a deeply personal thing. What I write about is based on things I've seen...
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Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Hey so our production team talked about this....If a publisher came to me with this sort of offer, I probably would ask them to show me their research. And even if their research is... -
pmmg replied to the thread Hey so our production team talked about this....Well. You made the opening post, so did you? -
Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Hey so our production team talked about this....Personally I would ask the publisher to show what research they have done to show that would make my particular novel (key word 'my'...
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JBCrowson replied to the thread We're back! Want to track your weekly progress with me again?.Better to find the hole now than on Kindle, lol. Happy Friday Tuesday (sorry, feeling frivolous and just wanted to type that!) -
A. E. Lowan replied to the thread What inspired you to write?.For me, genetics had a lot to do with it. I come from a long line of Irish writers on my mom's side so I can dazzle with literary...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Hey so our production team talked about this....No serious publisher would ever make a statement like that. Quite apart from anything else, no publisher can predict how many copies a...
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pmmg replied to the thread Hey so our production team talked about this....This one is up to personal choice. If you want sales, these guys are telling you what they think will help with that. If you want to...
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pmmg replied to the thread What inspired you to write?.Actually, I was not inspired by any book to write. I was inspired by my friends and things I saw in the culture and world around me...
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My first, and biggest, tip is: make a world that is inspiring, not real. We all have seen Earth and the beauty that inhabits it. So... -
What book, or books, inspired you to write? For me, it was LOTR and Eragon.
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Create a story you want. Like anything in life, if you don't enjoy it, you won't want to do it, and you'll end up putting in less...