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    Male/female writing genres

    I'm a male and write a fairly equal mix of science fiction and fantasy TBH though my biggest project is a far future post-apocalyptic (therefore sci-fi) fantasy (but with guns).
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    Is Mavis Cruet too obscure?

    Definitely too obscure.
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    Etymology

    Well, the formal name for rule by the corrupt is kleptocracy, but this isn't quite it. Consider "fake democracy," or maybe "virtual politics" (there is a book of the same name BTW).
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    Female Vampire MCs

    Underworld immediately springs to me, but I guess it's not exactly what you're looking for. Also Google "Lesbian Vampire" on TVtropes. It has a respectable list on female (lesbian) vampires in literature and other genres.
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    The chronicles word counter!

    My sci-fi fiction novel: 2,000 words (kk I started it today) My non-fiction politics book: 27,000 words (quarter done)
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    Magic Systems

    Brandon Sanderson wrote a very good article on it. I'm not allowed to link because of low post count, but you can find it by Googling "Sanderson's First Law." Hope it may be of help.
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    Problem: A world without character(s)

    @chrispenycate, Well, there's your first character right there. What are his aims, his motives, ambitions, his limitations? This I have specified down to the tiniest details. It's motives and very nature are the heart of the planned novel, and as such, very much RAFO. It's the heroes...
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    Naming characters in fantasy

    My method is to use names derived from foreign language words that are somehow associated with the character's theme, mission, or personality. For languages I don't know, I try to get an opinion from a fluent speaker. Otherwise, the results of this method can turn out to be embarassing. Of...
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    The subject of Time travel

    All my writing projects are set in the future.
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    YA Fantasy how common is the waking up scene?

    Many of the cases where this device is used successfully involve Hero waking up to a new world. For instance, there are any number of stories of people who went into a coma and woke up years later. Includes RL, such as that Polish dude who "time traveled" (so to speak) from 1988 to 2008 into...
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    Sci-Fi help for my Fantisy world please

    How do the Savior races come to have such long lifespans? And are the Tamed Humans independent, or are they bred by the Saviors? PS. Don't tell if they're spoilers. -- The best single resource for nuclear war effects is the book Nuclear War Survival Skills, which you can download for free...
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    Sci-Fi help for my Fantisy world please

    @hopewrites, This sounds like a very interesting topic. Not too dissimilar from my own project, which involves a global war with catastrophic AGW catastrophe. How long would it take the planet to recover? The nuclear winter itself will only last 3-6 months, followed by a nuclear summer...
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    Just a rather random naming help request.

    I'd play around with foreign words, especially those do with addiction, misery, drugs, despondency, darkness, etc (assuming you want it to have a negative, not a "cool", connotation). Here are a few ideas: Murka Huonao Blightweed Ts'murye Or you could go with something...
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    Problem: A world without character(s)

    Thank you for your responses. I will have to mull over them so more, but your advice to imagine what I would do in my future world as, well, myself is especially inspiring. This has set me thinking along the tracks of modeling the main character after a speculative near future version of me...
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    Problem: A world without character(s)

    Hi, My first thread here. Here's my issue/problem, would appreciate any feedback. I intend to write a "science fantasy" novel (or series) set in the far future after catastrophic global warming and the depletion of almost all fossil fuel resources. All the most powerful states are, by...
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