A unified universe.
Constant crossovers of characters and events.
A timeline stretching from the beginning of the world to its end.
Welcome to my world...
Our temps will become mild/warm for a couple of days. Strange year.
I’ve passed the 25% mark editing A River in Each Hand, but am suffering some burnout. The voice in the back of my head likes to remind me that if I don’t do it who will?
I’m also feeling sorry for myself over a recently passed anniversary & need to get over it.
Scheduling a break in my routine is what is needed, & I certainly have that freedom.
#amwriting I was reading the 48 laws of power book again, got up to rule 27 which is "play on people's need to believe" and had a moment of realisation about AI hype, NFTs, crypto, etc.
I hadn't noticed that, even though I had watched the folding ideas video on flat earth, these aren't scams; they're religions.
Funny. The 48 LOP book is such a sad story of unloved and unlovable characters, but sometimes it does have these little moments where it opens my eyes to other goings on.
In my new fantasy book, I'm going to forego describing my MC. The reader will get a picture of his age and status within society, and an impression of his clothing, nothing else. This will allow the reader to picture him more or less however they want. Support characters will be thoroughly described.
So the question is: how much would readers find an undescribed MC off-putting? Not that the answers will change my plans, I'm just curious.
Where in New York City would a young person live who has two part-time jobs that don't pay particularly great, but who (for magical plot reasons) doesn't have to worry about healthcare expenses, appliances breaking, or other such stuff that poses a major financial risk for real-world (non-magical) people?
Small apartment, solvent parents who can help in a pinch, the character is, for lack of a better description, a liberal, intellectual, scientifically-minded young person (20s).
I've never set foot anywhere in the US, let alone New York, so I have no clue.
Another problem with writing is that I would love to write stuff set in a modern world, but I don't want to write about Germany (boring, shitty country, too close to home, German names are ugly) but don't have enough knowledge to write about America or the UK.
Writing anything set there would put off my readers within ten pages by being grossly inaccurate.
Writing anything set here would put off my readers within ten pages by being grossly German.
Has anyone found any good summaries of what the recent...kerfuffle around Google's AI bullshit (not to let my feelings show or anything) means for things like SEO strategy, content marketing, etc?
I'm working on some ideas for my own articles to aid with my current job hunt so any and all recommendations, thoughts, comments, and excoriations are truly appreciated!
Is there any work of fiction you could have written better? Don't be shy.
What, apart from seasons 7 & 8 of Game of Thrones? 😆
I’ve read quite a few books in my time, and some of them weren’t especially well-written. Others were, but I still find a few bits here and there that could stand a bit of revision. I’ve been re-reading Eddings’ Belgariad series to my youngest lately, and while I think it was quite well written overall, I came across a few passages last night that stood out to me as a little ‘clunky’ in the prose – I definitely feel I could have done those parts better!
Not much interferes with my writing unless I allow it.
That’s the place in which I find myself at this point in my life. Writing is my cub & I’m a mama bear.
There are daily chores, like cleaning, cooking, or sometimes shopping. Beyond that, some activities that I participate in, like walking, serve my writing. Others—& really, this is true of life in general—it’s all material my writing feeds upon.