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Legend of the Lullabyer - an epic fantasy tale of love that lasts beyond the grave
#WritingCommmunity
amazon.com/Legend-Lullaby…
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Ross Hughes
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Ross Hughes
@zombie_ross91
Fantasy author, bibliophile
Northampton, England Katılım Nisan 2019
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Gonna have to train my dog to do this
Interesting things@awkwardgoogle
I can’t even put words to this, just watch this little dog.
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I write my first fantasy novel at 16, but felt I needed more life experience before I could make it happen. Then, in my last year of university, at 21, I started writing what would become the Convent series. Sometimes, you just need the perspective shift that only comes with time and experience
Reads with Ravi@readswithravi
Turkish Proverb:
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Magical creatures are easier to imagine, fantasy needs to be based in some reality in order for a reader to suspend their disbelief, otherwise they’d have no frame of reference for anything, and in a world where men exist, a patriarchy is the obvious outcome, especially when writing about medieval/ancient times when all countries would have needed the strength of arms of their armies to defend themselves, arguably more than we do today with modern weapons
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@ForgottenSpire I often try to think - what’s the wildest possible thing that could happen and why isnt that happening?
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Ever have a chapter that you know is bad, is essential to the story, but you have no idea how to fix it? Asking for a friend.
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@TiltAtGiants @NikkiMDoucet Same, i got a review recently from a booktuber i hadnt heard of though and got one when i submitted to the spfbo a few years back
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@NikkiMDoucet I cold emailed a couple.
No response.
Tbf, they get views for money, an unknown or small fish isn't likely to draw enough for them to take the time on it.
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If you're an indie author, have you tried sending PR packages to influencers you think would like your book?
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@J0hnADouglas Anything to do with fizban, that crazy old mf lol
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Favorite Dragonlance moment?
The Gnomeflinger.
It was so out of pocket
Fandom Pulse@fandompulse
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are returning with a new Dragonlance trilogy. Weis and Hickman co-wrote Dragons of Autumn Twilight in 1984 — the book that introduced Tanis Half-Elven, Raistlin Majere, and the world of Krynn to a generation of fantasy readers. The Chronicles trilogy became one of the bestselling fantasy series of the 20th century. No publisher or timeline confirmed yet. But the creators of Dragonlance are back together writing in the world they built. What is your favorite Chronicles moment?
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I’m putting together a list:
The Once and Future King
Moby Dick
Le Morte d’Arthur
Ivanhoe
What am I missing?
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🔖Name 3 women writers. (Not your friends)
- Hannah More.
- Eiji Yoshikawa.
- Rachel de Queiroz.
Scott A. Butler@Scott_A_Butler
📚💭 Name 3 female authors challenge. (Not your friends). Agatha Christie. Suzanne Collins. Veronica Roth.
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#writingcommunity
I need book recs that are available on #kindleUnlimited. 📚🤓
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Is heroism missing nowadays? I looked high and low for it in Peacemaker Season 2, but it was nowhere to be found …
No room for wokeness!@Wokenessisevil
Make heroism in fiction great again!
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@KyleLeeWriter Just imagine if there was a chipped chip on board …
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This is some tremendous goalpost shifting on your part, but since you want to make it about AI - which has nothing to do with my original argument - then fine, yes i disagree with you about AI too. Authors using it shouldnt be villified, it wont ‘destroy’ the market, because the cream will still rise to the top
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@zombie_ross91 @SCHostetler I would posit the that flooding restaurants with fake chefs who got the job through fraud and theft would be detrimental to restaurants, chefs, and people who eat.
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If you are generating novels with AI, you are objectively NOT the author of those novels, and you ARE harming other writers. Garbage books flooding algorithms make it more difficult for good books to be seen.
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@shmuckula @SCHostetler If we accept your analogy, which i disagree with but fine, then my point was ordering a meal on postmates doesnt hurt other people ordering a meal on postmates
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@zombie_ross91 @SCHostetler Utter garbage. Just because I can order a meal on Postmates doesn’t make me a chef.
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@TAR_Kirk @AuthorTRobare Putting words in my mouth again. And what are you even on about? Nobody’s weaponising toxic positivity
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I understood perfectly. My post was about how 'toxic positivity' gets weaponized to sneer at anyone who simply enjoys a book (or movie, game, whatever) that you didn't. It's not about refusing all criticism. It's about pathologizing basic enthusiasm and different tastes.
No one is stopping honest feedback. Authors get plenty of it. The term is mostly deployed by people who want to sound profound for saying 'I didn't like it, therefore your positivity is toxic.'
If your default is assuming positivity = dishonesty, that's a you problem, not a cultural one. Different tastes exist.
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I’m seeing the term “toxic positivity” thrown around more and more lately, and I’m starting to think it’s just the trendy, LinkedIn-friendly way to dismiss anyone who liked something you didn’t like — or dared to suggest others might enjoy it too.
It’s not toxic to enjoy things. It’s called having different tastes.
When did basic optimism become the villain?
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Putting words in people’s mouths is not polite, it didn’t seem like you understood what you were talking about from your post, so i elucidated for you. It’s an obvious truth that it’s a delicate and touchy subject to give constructive criticism, people are very proud of their work and it can be tough to tell them what you really think of it, I know I’m guilty of being nice to avoid an argument sometimes, the point though is that being nice in this situation is not actually beneficial so the irony is you’re not really being nice by being nice if you only give positive feedback, which is where the notion of toxic positivity comes from
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@AuthorTRobare @zombie_ross91 He's saying that you can't be both honest and polite.
Pick one!
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@TAR_Kirk Politeness is preventing people, which i can understand
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@zombie_ross91 I am aware.
Who is preventing who from leaving negative feedback?
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