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    Are Book Trailers Worthwhile

    Hi All By the title I am referring to video trailers but for books. Only something I have seen a couple of times before and have now tried doing a couple of my own. What do people think about them as a concept? I've see Jeremy Robson do a few excellent ones which can be seen on his website...
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    UK literary agents who specialise in science fiction and fantasy

    I sent him my work. He replied almost instantly saying get back to me if you haven't heard in two weeks. Two weeks went by. I sent him a friendly nudge email asking if he'd had a chance to read my work. No response. Another week. another friendly email. No response. Another week...
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    Just a rather random naming help request.

    Phenylyn (might actually be a drug, not sure) Cortavar Prescin Urdrave Molorin Erinacc Abstyl Tetranine Noff Canulaxia
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    When a short story won't stay short

    Let it run. Every time. Never go back to something and try to pad it with rubbish in order to increase length, but never try and stifle an idea either. 'You never know what you never know'
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    Writing, Not Reading

    Absolutely. I read far less now than I used to due to writing my own tales. David Eddings once wrote that he never reads in the field in order to avoid 'contamination'. So maybe it stems from that. Not wanting to muddy our own ideas with others for fear of plagiarism. Also time is a factor...
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    How to make Martial Arts Credible in Fantasy Setting?

    Hi Braveheart. Why not make it a spiritual martial art, so although he is landing blows on the being physical form they are in actual fact directed at his opponents 'soul' as it were. The spiritual extension of a living beings is absorbing the main force of the attack and like the body the...
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