I think if your story is good, then you will have an audience. I also think if you are writing with your mind on pleasing an audience instead of...
1) TV crime shows frequently start with showing the leadup to the crime and the crime itself. As long as you're giving clues, rather than simply...
It's definitely all about what you want from the name, much like naming a child. Are you reflecting a culture? Personality? Is it going to play...
I kinda collect, in the back of my head, a file of names I hear that I like. If I have to find one that isn't in that file, I old-school it with...
That's basically it. A certain amount of exposition is unavoidable, but if you can find a way to demonstrate what you want to tell your reader,...
Thank you! That's really wonderful.
I think New Orleans would definitely be a mystical place where a portal might open, and can you imagine the havoc THAT would cause? I'll admit to...
Oh, also, I was going to say before my husband insisted that I change computers that magical creatures probably don't proliferate quickly or in...
I think if a story uses magic, it is unavoidable that the rules of magic will have to be discoverable. The reader's ultimately not going to...
Oh, I'm sure. People who will literally buy anything with a rocket on it, or with an elf on it, or whatever, are the all-important core of any...
I expect both sides to have advantages and disadvantages. It is a war, after all, and what fun would it be if either side found it too easy? An...
I'm really not much interested in Tolkien's take on things. It's nice for his books, but really has diddly squat to do with the story I'm...
Very true. I think it depends largely on how much the terminology in question is associated primarily WITH THAT WORLD. "Grok", however much...
Okay, so "apocalypse" might be a strong term. I am working on a story, set in the modern world, where magic and magical creatures from mythology...
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