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I'd like to introduce Honkai into the discussion, if I may. For those who don't know (like me before hanging out with teens and young adults), Honkai are games with deeply developed narratives involving mainly female protagonists. Of the 50... -
wrightstuff reacted to PCFrontier's post in the thread Craft Chat Books men want to read? with
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I only watched a few minutes of the video, so I can't comment on it. I fancied adding a family note to the books men like debate. Read or ignore, upto you. My wife and myself are both book readers. We have two 21 year old sons and when they... -
I think this is an important point. Just because men like something doesn't make it masculine. I like musicals, lot's of men do, i wouldn't call them masculine (or feminine for that matter).
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Aethalope replied to the thread Craft Chat Character Descriptions-who else needs practice?.I'm up for it! -
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"The premise that men are underserved would mean that a political bias rather than market forces prevail in publishing. Which is the argument of Novel Marketing, the guy in the video. "The libs are starving your testicles of adventure nutrients."...
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Sarit replied to the thread Blog Post: Research.Really great post Claire. My writing is very research heavy. First it's syfy so researching all kinds of anomalies, stars, galaxies, star ship technology, physics. I spend weeks on this. Then a big part of the novel is historical fantasy, wars... -
Aethalope replied to the thread Blog Post: Research.A couple of guidelines for optimum reddit use: -There may be several subreddits on a given topic. Check all out first to get a feel of the vibe. See which one is most open to outsiders. -Don't be shy about flattery (e.g., I've been looking at the...
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Me neither! But if it's where the experts hang out, it would seem a good place to go. Great tip @Aethalope
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I'd never have thought of using Reddit!
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Brilliant points as ever! xx -
Sedayne replied to the thread Blog Post: Research.Me neither! But if it's where the experts hang out, it would seem a good place to go. Great tip @Aethalope
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Great post Claire 😊 I think I set most of my writing in weird worlds with weird made-up species so to avoid a lot of this...although even then I've had readers nitpicking things that 'don't seem right' within this made-up species. Those readers...
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Hannah Faoileán replied to the thread Craft Chat Character Descriptions-who else needs practice?.Yep, good idea :) -
As I'm continuing to work on my various projects, I keep coming across comparables that I didn't enjoy reading. Is this an issue? I'm not supposed to critique them, am I? A zillion years ago, I was taught that the comparables section should... -
Claire G replied to the thread Blog Post: Research.I'd never have thought of using Reddit!