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    Burn Scars

    Are they discolored or wrinkled, drawn and taught? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Easter Eggs/Guilty Pleasures

    My one WIP has a Balrog, but after much searching it might be easier to switch to something less copyrighted. I put references all over my work to pop culture from the 80's to now. Most mean something to me or my character. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    What is the difference between a Priest and a Cleric?

    Your world your rules! But I typically view priests as leaders and not on the front lines. Clerics tend to be doers and typically on the side of light; light being appearance of good. Clerics are typically portrayed as magically imbued but used weapons, typically blunt to preclude killing...
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    How are you with technical words, lingo or broad vocab writers?

    Weapons are the hardest, my first book I used senbon. Their a ninjutsu weapon looking like a pencil but used like shuriken. Present from a girlfriend, my beta readers could understand it so I had to add context. Now I use word levels based on the characters background and use others to help...
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    Plotting for a panster?

    I'm a pantser but I've been writing future scenes in a notebook to keep them straight and to figure out some of the fine details. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Tropes: Favorite/Least Favorite?

    Dragons favorite and hated trope. Wise or just a beast. Good or bad. Is it really a trope but fantasy without dragons are they really fantasy, but a dragon automatically kicks you to fantasy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Be Honest: Why are you Really Not Published Yet?

    Maybe I can't find the right agent to buy my book. Completed, I love it, but may just not be enough to entice another. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    New Tort

    I'm older less than the age of the earth but older than most college grads. I write fantasy and some sci-fi. I've completed a few novels, most need to rewritten do to passive voice issues not clearly understood until a bit ago. I've completed a rewrite of one and am working on second in the...
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