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    If your main character had to survive a zombie apocalypse…

    If Ingrid could bring one thing it would obviously be her work uniform from her dream job at Fluffyland Park. Happy Dino! A fuzzy, cute and silly pink T-rex that brings hugs and happiness. At least that's how she sees the character. Anyone else with a normal brain sees it for what it is...
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    What three things made the core of your story?

    1.) "Confront" and not just avoid the tropes I don't like. For example, I generally dislike isekai ADVENTURE stories that suddenly root themselves for 100 chapters into an academy for fake drama. I don't just treat it like it doesn't exist but have the characters lambast the idea of even...
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    How do you come up with names?

    I'm all over the place when it comes to thinking up names. Ingrid: Main character, magical girl. A name for a pretty girl. In reality she's a rough brawler. Star Lily: Ingrid's previous magical girl alter-ego. Ironic name for above reasons. Philia: Name means "Love". She's an amoral psychopath...
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    That Movie

    Spy Game A retiring CIA handler tells past stories of his former protege. It's depicted as the romanticized spy as seen in most movies: Brad Pitt, big explosions, high-stakes-drama, betrayals, snipers, and assassination. While all of this happening, Muir has all eyes on him, nobody trusts a...
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    Do you listen to music when writing?

    Diavolo's theme (Epic Version) carried my writing of the a chapter rewrite today, even though it had nothing to do with split personalities. More of a character shedding their facade.
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    [Discussion] In your understanding, what is martial art?

    Strictly speaking, it's just a body of knowledge of on how to attack and defend in a manner that is effective and efficient. It gets its name from Mars, the Roman god of war. In the end, it's still all about who uses the style and how they apply it.
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    Do you listen to music when writing?

    Sometimes it lets me write whole chunks of a chapter. I'll hold off on the list unless there's a demand for it.
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    How was your first writing experience?

    ...nobody asks Why is my writing experience...
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    What's the smallest thing that could change your entire storyline?

    In the "Peanut" chapter, Ingrid's team opens up a "stasis chest" and releases Peanut, a mushroom-folk who was sealed away by her former teammates before they team got overrun by monsters. Ingrid could have chosen to have the team retreat back to the surface rather than continuing on and finding...
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    Drop your best works' names!

    Intergalactic Nut-Punching Tournament 2: Ding-Dong Boogaloo. It's still stuck in development hell in Googledocs though... I'll let you know when I actually do release a chapter.
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    Dear Readers; How much "RPG" do you like in your LitRPG's?

    Hard stats can work, strict numbers can work. Just look at any story, movie, game etc. where it's about people playing cards or mahjong. Or any story that's about legal proceedings. If you want to make it a hard numbers game, you should, because you like it that way. The only thing you need to...
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    Which violence scene is more terrifying, subtle violence or graphic violence?

    Explicit beats implicit hands-down by sheer virtue alone. Pun intended. Irony intended. Delivery however, is a different matter. As my barber once told me, for every one heartfelt romance scene, there's ten sappy eye-roll worthy scenes that are the exact same premise and setting.
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    Which cover should I choose for my action- and harem-heavy isekai?

    Speaking of Harem...where are the girls? It's just one in the cover, it looks like a traditional action-romance-fantasy novel, not a harem. Harem with one girl in the cover only works it looks like a Japanese VN.
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    Which cover should I choose for my action- and harem-heavy isekai?

    none. put the fluffy familiar in the cover to fool everyone.
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