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Sometimes I think I'm still trapped on the Satellite of Love with Joel or Mike... not sure if that means anything?

Well, that last name sounds unique (usually get Smith, Clarke or another C-based last name via AI), so that's a point in your favor.

Several hit me hard over the years - I tend to be a bit emotional when I read. Only concrete example I have, though, is one I wrote (and posted an early draft of in a thread here - not sure if I added it to MyStubs or not), which would probably be cheating. Edit: Just checked, and I did not. I...

Interesting. If not too late, I would advise against using the name "Ethan" (or, for that matter Adriana, Ariana, Peter Chen or one other that I'm blanking on at the moment) as these are favorite "fallback" names for AI to use and you might be accused of writing AI slop or even tagged...

Depends on the story. For the Jack Diamond books, to finish them and maybe see a combined edition become a physical property (Currently have the first book done and about 1/4 of the second) For Strange Awakening, to somehow commission a multi-reader audio version (Ideally four or six voice...

It is easy to use public domain characters though - just look for expired copyrights. Though my favorite reaction to fan fiction was that of Don Miguel Cervantes. When his publisher showed him three of the (at least five at the time) novels people had published furthering the adventures of his...

It's only theft if: 1) You haven't done the legwork and asked the author or copyright holder for permission (some are flattered by the concept if you go to them FIRST - almost all are irritated at best if you don't). 2) A publisher owns the trademark and did not hire you to write new material...

That sounds cool. Actually, if you're into alt-history, there are a few kind of cool ones I've seen. Napoleon Disentimed (by Hayford Pierce) - a modern man who resembles him is somehow swapped through time to replace Napoleon Bonaparte (and, among other things, invents the flush toilet). The...

The ones I've heard (wife occasionally plays them on Pocket FM) used either names derived from Indian (Hindu) mythology - blanking on the example at the moment, but it sounded kind of like one of the Star Wars spin-off series, Ahsoka - or "Adjective Noun" things that felt vaguely Chinese (or at...

The first "Western" I ever read. Quite a different experience from the (excellent) mini-series (though definitely closely related). Beautiful novel.

That's the downside of being able to create duplicates of yourself - sometimes the duplicates wander off and start their own lives without telling you. And that one clearly went out and got some modelling lessons and made friends with beauticians.

Haven't in a long while. Used to do those a lot when I was part of an APA though, little side stories for some of the characters, but that was back in the 90s. One of those, was, I think, the only "seasonal" story I've ever done - but then the superhero genre is kind of built around vignettes.

I have his character sheet from after about his third power up on file. Beyond that I just wing it. Probably do need to go back and revise it to a spreadsheet because I've forgotten some of the increases - but most of it I can search for pretty easily, like his current ranks in Riding or...

I don't have the time or discipline to follow his lead, but the late James Ward had a neat system for editing. He started the day (except for the roughly six days every month that he took off from writing) by re-reading everything he wrote the day before. Then he took an hour away from his...

According to the guy I knew who claimed to have spent time at the shop where the first comic originated (it was a stand-alone before invited to be included in Shonen Jump IIRC), there were three people involved in it - one who did the writing and art, and one who put it all together, and started...

The most useful AI assistant I've found so far (granted I've only barely dabbled with two - but my little brother has tested several and finds them all fun but lacking) is the one I had a chance to alpha test partially (but they had too many applicants for the beta test and I'm waitlisted there)...

If there is music playing while I'm writing, 95% of the time it's because someone else turned it on and I didn't notice. The other 5% is because some random line in something (usually either pre-1980 pop, or mid-80s "counter-culture" (Punk, New Wave, etc.) stuff) inspired me to start and I just...

I'm in favor of any system that does the promotion for me. Most effective one I've found so far, was telling mom.

One of my workplaces sells Karambits, which were inspired by actual historical weapons sort of, at their core, but are mostly taken from a video game. Interestingly enough, the knives sell for about 1/30th in real money of what the virtual ones in the game go for... And most of them are medium...

Only one? No, I cannot. Several that impacted my life? Yeah, that I can do, starting with: Robert Heinlein's The Star Beast - my first real exposure (unless you count the American version of the Speed Racer cartoon) to science fiction. Ghosts and More Ghosts, an anthology of horror and...