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@Jake E I hear you, so much, your thoughts sound like my own 7/8 years ago. It's a painful part of the bell curve writers go through. Back then, I feel I was chasing 'getting something out there.' When I took a chill pill (I literally take...

There's a reason people make flow charts for where to start with Terry Pratchett. His first few books were not where he needed to be. Keep going!

Things come in cycles. Romantasy and Cosy Fantasy are just this moment's fashion.

Someone in another writing group that I’m will have her first novel published next year and she’s in her sixties. Added bonus, it’s with Penguin. And so, there’s always hope, but the possibility will only exist if you continue writing. Things...

I have always written. From a very early age (maybe as young as 8),i have put pen to paper - or finger to typewriter/keyboard - and always thought one day I'd make something of it. But as I approached my 40th trip around the sun, it seems less...

This reminds me of when I was taking evening art classes, and wondering whether to continue. And the teacher pointed out that artists don't make that decision; art is something an artist has to do. Think of all the people who write diary entries...

New blog post by Jake Joy Throwing in the towel So, recently I’ve been thinking about giving this writing malarkey the heavy ho. It’s expensive. It take’s up a huge amount of my already dwindling time. And I’m not very successful. I could...

Absolutely. In fact it's a great way to start in lab. Most of what I do fits under "speculative" so a bit of horror, fantasy, SF. Welcome. Hope to see you at Huddle. AW. What a blast from the blast. I miss being a geniai.

Welcome aboard, Tom. Crime with a paranormal bent - I'm intrigued :) Have you read Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett? That's full-on fantasy with an excellent spin on the Sherlock Holmes type duo. Or Litopia's own guest on Pop Ups (sadly...

Thanks @RK Wallis Love echidnas, and fortunate to have them wander through the backyard on a regular basis😊

Welcome aboard @Echidna :) Cool name, and what an awesome part of oz to live!

Hi everyone, A Kiwi, happily domiciled on a remote island off the coast of Tasmania, I recently become an Australian citizen. Those that know me have sugggested I may still be suffering from the effects of the lobotomy this process entails (i'm...

Dune is like that. Zooming in and out of different characters thoughts and perspectives, but keeping the 'view' on everyone at once.

Kind of. [I may be about to split some hairs] An omniscient narrator is another character in the story. They may loom critically-large over the narrative, or simply provide neutral access to a variety of minds, but they do tend to adopt some of...

That's the key with all of it, isn't it? It's poor writing that we notice, the brilliant stuff just sweeps us away. I'd say with omniscient, there aren't any POV shifts anyway, or there shouldn't be. It's all from that one oversight. I've just...