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  • M
    Of course the denizens of a fantasy world wouldn't swear by the name of a religious figure from our world, and so most fantasy stories...
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    Oh trust me, if someone's willing to 'bend an ear' and is genuinely (keyword) interested, I'll gladly spoil the whole plot. But if it's...
  • A. E. Lowan
    A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    I'm the Thing That Won't Shutup, but that's the business. Talkie and kittehs and making friends. Sometimes there's even books. ;) There...
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    Trust me I know, this is why I (Barely) talk about my work online. Here n maybe a couple discord messages, that's about it. If Google...
  • A. E. Lowan
    A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    Oh, it gets worse. The scammers who initiate and maintain close contact with their victims are predominately slave labor. Lots are...
  • RoccO
    RoccO replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    You have got to give it to them, they basically run an empire. They are not viruses or bots, they are legitimate. They probably have...
  • A. E. Lowan
    A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    And before we begin to think that scammers can only find us if we're published, that's not how it works. They're finding us in the...
  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    More than that, this whole business runs on personal contacts so your agent will have an ear to the ground and will have heard about...
  • A. E. Lowan
    A. E. Lowan replied to the thread Scam e-mails.
    Yup. And any legitimate studio who's interested in putting a pin in your film rights will know not only to contact your agent rather...
  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.
    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...
  • Malik
    Malik replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.
    I write "hard fantasy." I made a career out of writing fantasy that elevates suspension of disbelief into plausible deniability...
  • xena
    This is actually great news!! Congrats Jon!!
  • xena
    xena replied to the thread Fiction vs realistic.
    I find the freedom and limitlessness of fictional writing to be quite enjoyable. There are no barriers and everything goes. You can...
  • xena
    I could see that as well😂
  • xena
    xena replied to the thread Ask, you may be surprised.
    I think this is some really good encouragement. Sometimes the best knowledge you can get is straight from the source and you wont know...
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