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Dark. Thunder. Lightning. Rain. Streetlamp. Streetside. Gutter. Pain. Bills. Wills. Mind. Insane. Life. Short. Spent. Vain. Pitter. Patter. Blood. Stain. Going. Dark. Down. Drain. Show and Tell? Let us call them what they are: Tools, that’s all. Welcome to my Tool Talk. I do think it...

Black Mage main healing!? XD What!? 95% evasion :0 Don’t need no heals if you never get hit! :D State of the Art, yeah that’s worth a looksie.

Ahh, a Weaver. Serials are all forward momentum, so that must be difficult. I really like the practice of weaving in sections far ahead that I know will be where the story arrives, but that’s hard to do when I want to write a ‘chapter’ for my audience today to give them something they’ll like...

That’s pretty fun, NGL :) Reminds me of my evasion tank back in the days when Rift was hard (until they patched it with the big nerf). Noster, may you be terminated in peace. Evasion tank is fun, even when you are in melee range (rogue evasion vs elites in WoW: 50% of the time untouchable. 50%...

:( Bleh, no pros at all? Talk about a slap to self confidence. It would seem I am fortunate so far — I’ve had pretty good feedback I could iterate upon. I am sorry you were not so lucky in the instance.

Used to be eggs were cheap. They just rose in cost by multiple dollars across the board where I live. So… not eggs anymore. And if you’re on a budget, Crab Louie is out. So are my Argentinian red shrimp which I bet would be great in a salad. And Parmesan cheese is good time with green olives...

Is an Elven {Gunslinger} like an Army Ranger? But instead of a big hunk of sexy metal attached to a ripped muscle man: A big hunk of sexy metal attached to a lithe wee elven lassie? I don’t hate elves for being better than normal people; I hate elves for being better than me.

I’ve got world war Z, the Martian, John Carter, The Art of War and The Constitution Of The United Stares of America (and other selected founder propaganda), The Name of The Wind, All of Dune, all of A Song of Ice and Fire, Maus and some of the philosophers whose work may or may not have lead to...

Most villainess stories (and we’re not talking Bakarina breaking everyone’s hearts) end up with the original (by the standards of the reader) love interest, even if there might be guys who flirt with them or otherwise compete for their attention. If you read trashy mass-marketed works, you’re...

Hard to say. I definitely ignore what’s popular unless it’s a web serial. However I’m not sure how I’d distinguish the authors from my country save by a decade and a half of reading fiction from other countries. The first few years were Japanese manga, but every ittle Baby Cultivator has to...

Have you heard the new sensation that’s sweeping the nation? Hellsing ultimate abridged did have a thing or two to say about cannons. And in accordance, I naturally approve. Hand held or ship mounted; it sure is nice to have a cannon. … everyone must be watching Hellsing ultimate abridged...

You hate Sanderson because… he’s popular? I too haven’t read him (I like my magic woo-y), but he’s on my long list of books I don’t deserve until I’ve finished off my bookshelf), but I think he’s an alright dude. More than I can say for Maas or Rowling. He’s got an actually not bad podcast...

You are my favourite kind if person. The only way to truly know you failed as an author is when your every-chapter commenters *don’t have anything to say*

“Yeah, no, I’m good with the slavery.” Has got to be my single most hated isekai trope. What’s worse than a harem: a slave harem. Though there is an argument to be made that the only way the average isekai protagonist is getting laid: is if the ladies have no choice in the matter. Such a...

I know the villainess genre is doing a pretty good job with this recently. They have started answering what happened to the bad girl before the protagonist got there. The answer is usually: the bad girl died — means varied, now you’re in their actually terrible life but with maturity and a...

That sounds absolutely charming. One day I’ll draw a big fuchsia revolver on my cover, and some dungeon signage. One day. That’s some alchemical artifice if I have ever seen it. Don’t you be dissing my Princess Shrine Maiden of Thunder (or whatever she was called in Saving 80K Gold Coins...

As a person who features a gun (a bad gun too, made for dueling and one handed firing from horseback (and presumably, for the joy of the gun-making craft for which Samuel Colt is iconic)) in a fantasy litRPG for characterisation purposes: There is an ever present undercurrent in mainstream...

Most covers are singing someone else’s song. What are we to judge by, if not the cover? It’s what the cover of a book is there for: to be judged (to bind the pages, and protect the delicate pages from damage). It’s only when it relates to people that this gets tenuous, but if you see an...

Find and replace would be your friend… if it wasn’t so common! Honestly, if I can read There Is No Epic Loot Here, Only Puns without too much trouble and have a good time: you can get away with anything if it’s interesting enough. Pronouns either matter or they don’t and it’s what matters to...

What about (I just said that, oh my god, I just said that) Villains initially presented as a one-note rapacious villain, for whom the curtain is pulled back on later to reveal that still-selfish and cruel antagonist was coerced into a horrifying ritual to perform said act contrary to their own...