Jackson Graham

@warrioroftherealm Well, I don’t think that any of your readers will blame you for stereotypicalness. After all, ever since LotR, people have viewed Elves and Orcs through that lens. Personally, I find it distracting if the races are too out of range, so to speak. Definitely do what King @daeus said, and deepen the cultures, but otherwise, I don’t…[Read more]

@ethryndal Yes. I is a Samwise. @winter-rose is Frodo and I am Samwise and Dragon Snapper. 😀

*melts your chair* *forgives you for calling me a kid* *flies off with a Loki-ish grin*

@warrioroftherealm First of all, the most important thing is that you have a good story. Good world building is fantabulous, but it’s primarily the story that makes a fantasy novel succeed.

I also think that replicating Tolkien’s creatures is common enough that nobody will blame you for it. It certainly won’t mark you out as a distinctive author,…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Hmm. That might almost make one itself, actually. I’ll think about it some more. Thanks. 🙂

@glitter-ocelot Heh; nice. I have trouble with serials on the internet due to my terrible memory of character names, but since I (should) already remember most of these characters, I may dig into it one of these days before the release; we’ll see!

Also just got to say I’m a huge Hamilton fan. And since musicals are going on in this thread, I…[Read more]

Welcome to the site @glitter-ocelot! Homeschooled nerrrrrrrrrrrrds are my favorite. 😉 Also totally with you on the Oathbreaker release train! So ready for that to come out in November. Are you going through the Tor previews for the book as well?

@salome01w4g He’s Loki from Marvel movies.

@kate-flournoy That…yikes.
@ethryndal

@catwing This is you right? 😛
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@kate-flournoy

I am the real power! Haha!
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@graciegirl *sigh* I know. I’m so close.

@catwing Those are great symbols for a time travel cover, however, they don’t insert very naturally into a title. Except maybe gears.

@daughteroftheking @jane-maree @@salome01w4g @graciegirl @catwing

Howdy. I’m planning to write for the next hour. I’ll probably get interrupted and have to leave for a time, but I’m going to do my best.

And yes sometimes we do imitate Americans but are far more likely to imitate the Russian accent.

Russian accent? That is beyond cool. XD
@theacornman

I am starting to get into a really bad habit of not reading. I kinda need to be kicked for it lol.

I may or may not be guilty of this also. Maybe I should melt my own chair.
@theacornman

@dragon-snapper Yes, I like it too. Unfortunately, I find there’s a movie under that title and two novels. None of them seem popular at all, especially not the novels, but it would still be annoying if they showed up when someone searched for my book. I’m still keeping it in mind because if someone sees the title and goes “ooh”, that’s the most…[Read more]

@daeus Ooh, I like that…although it is a little long. Of course, the title ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ is long too. XD Maybe instead of ‘who’ you could say ‘that’….I don’t know…weird Snapper preferences.

@glitter-ocelot Hi hi hi! Welcome to KP!

Er, yes @josiahdeboer We does want to know the story behind your name??? *glances between the two of you* *shrugs* 😛

I am Dragon Snapper, both a dragon and a Samwise Gamgee and a writer and a lover of sci-fi and fantasy and a million other things.

Anyway, glad to have you here! 😀

*flies of very…[Read more]

@ethryndal Oh yeah. Taking a break from something like that is very good. Not only do you want to prevent yourself from a burnout, but also, it can lead to something even better, like what @mariposa said. I’ve done that multiple times. Planned out a story, begun writing it, then stopped. In fact, I have more than thirty stories in my files that…[Read more]