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Important Announcement for C&D2!
You’ll note that over the or three years I’ve been working on C&D2, I’ve never mentioned the name. That is because I knew that if I gave out the name, I would be badgered by questions until I finished.
But now I am finished! Here’s the name:
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Philosophical Diversity in Fiction
No, this is not a post about the culture war. Chill.
This post is about writing other cultures such that they are believable–not as middle-class Westerners wearing funny hats, but as fundamentally different worlds.
On Gratuitous Rape
This is not a happy-go-lucky post. If this subject matter disturbs you, I suggest reading something else, or perhaps waiting a few days–I plan to blog more frequently in the future.
The taste of the modern public has been, as of late, for dark and “gritty” fiction. Whether or not said fiction actually is is a subject for someone else’s post, but consider: The Hunger Games. Game of Thrones. The Malazan Book of the Fallen. The Witcher. Actually, I could rattle off a whole list of popular, dark, fiction, and invariably most of them are going to contain rape.
How not to write fight scenes like a teenage boy describing his victory in a video game
I have seen many authors try, and fail, at doing fight scenes. The typical thought–and I say this having thought it myself–is that it’s all about prose and action and explosions and maybe some bad words said at dramatic moments.
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Whoop. Whoop. Been checking periodically for this since I listened to the audiobook version.
Cant wait to read.
I’m super excited about this!
Ive been trying to pre order the audiobook but having trouble finding it. Is it gonna be on audible some other platform?
For whatever reason, ACX does not allow ordinary individuals to offer a pre-order. We’re hoping that we can get it out on release day, but that also depends on how quickly ACX processes it.
So glad to hear. Congratulations on the pending release! Very much looking forward to it.
Most excellent.
YESSS!! Looking forward to it!