If it helps to know, my genre of choice is Golden Age-styled mysteries, the style of crime writing from about 1920 to 1950 which was unique in...
I'll be the first to admit, I'm no stylist. Waxing poetic, constant symbolism, hefty use of figurative language? Not really the kind of thing I...
Jokes on them, I am a big poopyhead who can't write for butter, and my mother does entertain walruses! :rolleyes:
To answer your question, mysteries with a closed, static cast of characters are called "closed-circle" or "closed-circuit" mysteries. Closed-room,...
Youkai, though romanizing long "o" sounds with "ou" is unattractive as get-out. "Yōkai" is preferable. がんばって。
Again, I'm the hunt for some of the more out-of-the-way information for something I'm writing, but for the life of me I cannot find any sources...
Thanks. The Paternoster performs the function I need for my story!
I seem to recall reading at some point that some elevators used other elevator cars as a counterweight. How exactly did manual elevators work in...
Like others have said, depends on how you feel about Dragon Ball's Hyperbolic Time Chamber, I guess. I think if it's introduced earlier, then it's...
I'll be responding to everyone in the thread, but this post went on for QUITE a while so I'll just leave this one response on its own while I...
I mean, I certainly think I do. On some level, that has to mean something, right? But I wouldn't be the first person to spend their life thinking...
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