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+1 on avoiding "good" or "bad" broad-brush labels. Also +1 on inconsistency being a killer, even in a soft magic system. For instance, if you...

I didn't think anything would come of it, but I sent a manuscript to Baen books a while back. It's been so many months, I'd forgotten I'd sent it to...

Thanks, Layla and Woolly!

Swedish has been sending out links through their MyChart app thing, but they just say, "Yeah, here's the categories, find a clinic if you qualify,...

This is wonderful news. Congratulations.

if Claudia knows who is at her door, your third sentence could considerably enhance this potentially intriguing opening by naming the gentleman...

Same here. No major health issues, morale still holding, so I can go a long way on 2 meters, a reusable mask, and hand washing. Dunno about your area...

Cindy! That's fantastic! Congratulations on this milestone :D :D :)

I was not referring to his appearance. This is what made me laugh: You have to live up here to know what that means, I guess. -cb

Thank you so much, MaeZee and Moon!

Lip biting is still an epidemic, but I will admit that I see it as much in adult books as I do in YA. Including classics. I listened to the Odyssey...

I'm so proud and happy for you.

Day 22 - roughly half a page. The coyote man just told the heroes about his encounter with the vampires. I'll decide later how much of it is...

Pfizer are implementing some changes in the manufacturing process so they can ultimately make more but it means short-term that they are cutting...

In Canada, there are 'suddenly' delays in getting the Pfizer vaccine that was supposedly on it's way. I am trying to think that it's just demand...

Riley would immediately go to work and start researching perception-altering and species-changing magic, and probably also call their mage...

I think inconsistency is a frequent problem in magic systems, especially since fantasy writers tend to go for long series, and the needs of the story...

“Ah,” said her friend with a soft sadness. “Drink up, dear. There's more if you want it, or if the children do.”

You all have some really fascinating magic systems! I’m especially intrigued by TulipMama’s. In my WIP magic is limited by the amount of power the...

Supercilious? Maybe that's for new adults.

I suppose magic can do anything the writer wants or needs it to do, but the more powerful the system, the harder it can be for the reader to...

What an ambitious project. Impressive!

More words today: 2,058. I'm at about 14K on this draft, which is WAY behind, but is not zero, so there's that. :)

Puppy! I wrote a beginning. I really just need some characters to connect to. I spent all morning thinking about past stories, and maybe...

Technically, there is no limit to what magic could do, but the ability to do (much less maintain) anything that is considered "unnatural" is harder...

I don't know that I've read many "bad" magic systems — mostly just well-worn and unoriginal ones (which I'm "guilty" of using myself because...

In my current WIP, my magic system is based on having a contract with an extra-planar creature. These creatures (from religions and mythologies...

Forgive the long answer, this one was just perfect for my MC. He’d lose it. It’s his ultimate insecurity. Being of an anthro jaguar race (called...