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    Does this count as an Isekai?

    I did the same thing with a story. Two stories technically and both had isekai tag. They were pretty much de facto the genre but there was also mystery thrown in there so there was a nuance to the world
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    What gadgets do you usually use to write novels?

    Exclusively dictate to the phone
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    Why Gender bender?

    This one. This is my explanation from now on. Plus it allows me to explore a lot of cool character things in particular I have character who by reality editing methods is turned into a girl and they befriend a trans masculine leaning non-binary neighbor and share a lot in common.
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    Who are the main antagonists in your novel?

    ...it's complicated. Although supranatural plus Kingdom Hearts-y ness is closest
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    What are your first books you read that impacted you?

    To say nothing of the dog by Connie Willis I absolutely love the structure the plot twists and the charm and all the research that went into it. It's probably the first work that really made me want to write seriously even though it intimidated me
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    As an author, how do you feel when you reread your novels?

    I always find that my stuff is not as bad as I thought it was in the earlier years some of it's rough with the sentence construction but the feeling is there
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    What have your favorite reader interactions been?

    A reader "threatened to sue me" for emotional damages because I often rip their heart out ;)
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    How many words did ya’ll write so far?

    around half of that is just one story in particular and after writing 15,000 words a week at the peak now I can't seem to get past 500 without finding reasons to procrastinate
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    How do you rate your own writing?

    Depends on how far removed I am from writing something. Soon after = 5 Much later = 7 to 8 easy with occasionally tip top
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    That moment...

    I had to talk with my best friend after a rather big setback at my work. Their father had recently passed away in hospice and we were talking and just the right pieces came into alignment. The funny thing was the story had a particular plan since book one and now it's book 7 over a 1,000,000...
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    What is the moral message of your novel?

    Just because something seems like it might be evil and it has a spooky name doesn't mean it is evil and just because something has a very nice name and looks pretty doesn't mean it represents the forces of good. And this ambiguity extends to people don't make prejudging expectations based on...
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    That moment...

    I had a moment where the twist in a story revealed itself to me and not only brought together all the elements I've been writing for years in a series cohesively and logically but it changed my entire outlook on life.
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    As a writer, what do you feel your greatest strengths and weaknesses are?

    Character internal monologues are my greatest strength and my greatest weakness is when I let them go on too long without focus.
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    I Can’t Write Romance…

    Friendship and trust yep is how it starts. Willingness to deal with shit together when it happens if it's a bad day sink leaking or frustration. Romance without the reality is just lust.
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    Is it true that some authors spend time describing a character eating breakfast or the texture of toast?

    Because some of us are really f-ing hungry for breakfast
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    Authors, please, recommend me your story!

    Would you like a short short story series which is actually over 1 million words? Well check out the informally named Cerberus Saga as a part of the interactive TG fiction series. https://www.scribblehub.com/series/535995/interactive-short-tg-fiction/ It's a parallel universe spanning but also...
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    Writing 1,000, 1,500, or 2,000 --- What’s the ideal word count per chapter

    There's no right answer but actually the right answer is 420 words a chapter or 6969 words
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    AI opinion

    I don't think a starting or inexperienced writer should use AI. I use DeepL to give me ideas for how to more clearly phrase things or if I want to get rid of bad errors but the writing choices should come down to the writer. That said, AI can be very good and emotional with supervision. I used...
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    Adding music to your novel?

    I say go for it I do it a lot I've written about 100 songs for stories. Most of them are separate and performed separately but a lot of recent chapters have characters singing because that's part of their personality and they're just little ditties mostly songs do not have to be perfect...
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