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    Have You Been Attacked by Your Readers for Creative Decisions?

    Just reply "Hermes is also a fashion brand. Like my novel, it has little to nothing to do with Greek mythology. Have a nice day."
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    Should secret bosses effect dungeon ratings?

    If the level is based on public knowledge, the secret boss would, at MOST, give it a plus one or two, to show that sometimes, something beyond the expected skill level of the dungeon happens, but they're not sure what. Otherwise, it should be rated at the minimum level an L40 creature could...
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    How paragraphs and sentences are ordered matter.

    It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a shot rang out. A pirate ship appeared on the horizon.
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    Writing Wrangling chapter length?

    In situations where the enumeration of words is paramount, verbosity can be justly viewed as a godsend, justifying the pomposity of garrulous, meandering commentary akin to this reply. The rest of the time, brevity soul wit.
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    Writing Envy Lesson: Use Stronger Verbs Instead of Adverbs

    Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here! Lolly Lolly Lolly, got some adverbs here! Come on down to Lolly's, get the adverbs here! You're going to need If you write or read Or even think about it. Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here! Got a lot of Lolly, jolly adverbs here! Anything you...
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    Warning: if you use tools like Grammarly, you need to check the output.

    I suspect Pocket FM modeled part of its "Outliner AI" on Grammarly. See some of the same things creeping up there - though it does occasionally make some good suggestions (especially with ambient sounds and sound effects).
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    Writing What's your verdict on adding illustrations in chapters?

    As long as its not overused, and actually fits the story I'm all for it. Overuse it and you'd be better off making a graphic novel. Have irrelevant images and you're just wasting everyone's time and your effort.
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    Are You Plotter or Panther?

    Plantser. Plot out most arcs and end points and pants everything in-between.
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    Dear Readers; How much "RPG" do you like in your LitRPG's?

    My stories on Pocket FM (that were here once upon a time) kind of skirt the genre. Between Earth and Pyrroth has characters finding out that the game they played was based on a real world (kind of like Rosenberg's "Guardians of the Flame" except they can come and go between the two worlds...
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    What’s Made You Drop a Book?

    Most of the time when I drop a book it's due to gravity and clumsiness (and usually means I need a new Kindle or phone). Some books I've stopped reading, though would be: The Blind Clockmaker - interesting premise but just kind of dense. That and, before I could get to the second section, I...
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    Are You Plotter or Panther?

    Worse than terrible - mediocre. Terrible you can at least make fun of...
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    Decision Time

    Ah, the bartender at the center of the universe? One of her employees!
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    Writing Which chapter title do you prefer?

    I have been told more than once to avoid using "Terror" in a title unless it specifically refers to something in the chapter (i.e. if you have a character NAMED Terror or something like that), so of the options would have to exclude that one. Since you say you don't really like either, I'd say...
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    Have You Been Attacked by Your Readers for Creative Decisions?

    Well he IS a sponge. Granted, one named Bob but still a sponge...
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    How to strategically post a long term novel?

    Never did anything with my account, but I've heard from others that, unless they provide additional services (artwork, customized chapters, etc.), having multiple tier memberships just is not worth the strain of setting them up.
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    What annoys you most when reading a novel?

    Assuming it's true (only heard it from two sources and only one claimed to be involved in any way - believe he'd worked for a comic store in Japan at the time). After that, they only required him to be two months ahead to take breaks, and he didn't repeat the stunt as often, but fans came to...
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    What annoys you most when reading a novel?

    #2 would be the use of modern slang or jargon in a story set on another world or in a previous era. There was actually a reason for that - the guy who wrote the manga wanted to take a month off to rest and spend time with family. The publisher said: "Only if you can provide us with at least...
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    Decision Time

    She CAN be... or not... she guards the Ways between Worlds, the access to Everything, and most of the other gods fear or just flat out avoid her... so she has been known to take on lovers...
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    What annoys you most when reading a novel?

    What annoys me the most is when a character winds up in two places at the same time (have only seen this a few times, but it completely threw off Jurassic Park for me... then again, the best experience there, AFAICT, is to read the novel right up to the moment the dinos start going wild, then...
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    Decision Time

    You are at a convention or other event and find yourself in the company of a few fellow authors. You all decide to go back to the room of one of the authors and just keep the evening going. While swapping stories, and sipping various adult beverages (if allowed), the evening is suddenly...
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