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Well, smut is more about UNcovering...

Unless the story is softcore porn (I very, very rarely read hardcore porn and this would PROBABLY make me drop the story right there) and there's a narrative reason for it (e. g. she gains power through forcing men's submission or some such), I would probably stop reading unless I really liked...

One thought - some things that are now seen as slurs were never meant to be, and some things that were meant to be are no longer seen that way. There is no reason not to continue this trend. For example, the term "Yankee Doodle Dandy" was mean to be a slightly vulgar insult, suggesting that the...

Well, this one's been kicking around in my head for a week and a half but I'm finally writing it down now. As he passed a table with three older men he thought were ranchers, Dane heard one say: "No, it can't be - but it sure looks like him." Then, louder, the man said: "Hey, gunny!" Dane...

Could model it after the movie Fallen...

1500 seems to be the "sweet spot" - try to stay between 1250 and 2150 words as much as possible.

I would consider "The Ghost" a variation of "The Apologia" but yeah, I can see it. I remember volunteer editing RPG materials for a gaming club, and frequently having to remember "This is their style, their work, not mine; it is not how I would do it, but it works so don't say anything." - the...

Interesting - "Pendrath" would probably be the correct Gaelic pronunciation (or at least closer to it than most - much as Merlin would be more "accurately" Mer-thin, and spelled Myrddyn), but the spelling is more often "Pendraeg" - Artorius would be his Roman name, with Artur more likely the...

If I ever get to the point where I can really start another story (can't keep up with the ones I HAVE right now), I plan to have an MC with a limit like this, imposed on her by a very clumsy wish. "I never used to swear much, even tried to fudging avoid it, especially around students, but now...

TANJ (From Larry Niven's books - means "There Ain't No Justice") or TANSTAFAL ("There Ain't No Such Thing As a Free Lunch" from Heinlein IIRC) Frell (from Farscape) - can be made a gerund or verb as Frelling.

Whatever fits the needs of the story best. Not whatever fills page count - if the stat sheets fit the story, they should be there, if not, just mention changes and be done with.

You craft the story around their power levels. Put them in situations where being overpowered is not an issue, or makes the problem worse. You focus on their day-to-day lives. Have enemies attack their property, their friends, even their sense of self (there was one of the "instant...

Well, in an ensemble/team book, yes. Had planned out four main characters, but one of them had a live-in girlfriend who they just kept meeting in passing. She was a nurse who worked nights and seemed like "Sir Not Appearing in this Story" until she suddenly decided she had to be thefifth...

In my limited experience, you get eleven beta readers, you get two of each of these and one Other 1. "Sorry, only had time to read one or two chapters. Here's detailed feedback. Yeah, I know you're on CH30 and going to print next week. Sorry." (OK, that was me. Once...) 2. "Yeah, it was...

There are some legitimate freelance editors out there, but they will RARELY approach someone unsolicited (I briefly considered becoming one myself a few times). The artists ... unless they give you a sample first and it is both definitely not AI and at least a little related to your story ...

Ah, well, Knights of the Dinner Table and The Gamers both center primarily around actual gamers. KoDT rarely actually shows their CHARACTERS, just the players (but there was a short-lived spin-off "Knights of the Dinner Table Illustrated - abbreviated as K.ill - that did) but The Gamers...

Sorry, just have seen FAR too many like that (that probably "learned" the style by combing through sub-reddits themselves) lately.

Sorry, but the structure looks EXACTLY like what AIs produce for sales pitch posts. Have seen dozens of them in the past few months. If you just copied the style but did it yourself, well, you copied the style very well. Well, OK, AIs usually go on to add a "What to expect" list of BS after...

I hope your work has less AI than the sales pitch post seems to or you won't get many readers. That feels very prompt-generated...

Actually, that can be kind of fun - have you seen either the comic book (originally just a strip, first in Shadis Magazine, then in Dragon vbefore getting its own book) Knights of the Dinner Table, or watched The Gamers or any Dead Gentleman Productions/Zombie Orpheus Entertainment videos? "I...