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Bah! Flattery! (but thanks:blob_cookie:) You could do just as well, you're a strong writer. You just need to sell yourself to whoever is buying. Nonfiction pays the fastest. Literally email 30 blogs/startup companies/online magazines and if one hires you, your foot is in the door. And don't...

You could. The problem is time. The time between writing and publishing on Amazon and the time between readers purchasing your work and you getting paid. I have bills due on the 1st, and I am not currently willing to gamble my safety margin on a shot in the fickle market. My clients pay upfront...

Kinda. Sell manuscripts to the "authors" that sell on amazon. You'll be guaranteed a paycheck while they might break even on their expenses. Go on Twitter and other social media outlets and tell people that you're a quill for hire, if you're very decent, or just a little bit charismatic, you'll...

Bet.

This is the truth. It's also why it's very hard to break even as an indie creator of any kind rather than as a gig worker. If I could produce my webnovels instead of freelancing for Bob the furry with an expansion fetish (please keep hiring me Bob, I need your money), I would. You are very very...

It is very feasible, but you will likely never write what you want again. I started Love and Life and Lightning! with the expectation that I would be able to at least update every five days. I posted the first chapter on the 6th of this month. I have not updated it, despite my average wordcount...

Love the thread title. I'll maintain my stance that there simply is no standard stance that can be called completely correct in this case. Perspectives and power imbalances in marriages differ from relationship to relationship and culture to culture. Most marriages as well as "true" domestic...

A valid point. It'd be easily understood, and may be automatic for any in-universe historian or officer outside of the SoB's chain of command. For a novel however, Sister would remain on theme and make for a more consistent, immersive narrative depending on whose PoV you're taking on.

The Sisters of Battle just use sister (or Sister with the capital S like a US marine will refer to their allies as Marines) but I'll admit that this is a very specific case. Interestingly enough, in WH40K the Sisters of Battle often fight alongside males, so using sister to refer to the...

Some people believe gendered language is inherently exclusionary while others believe that it's often wielded as a tool to enforce gender norms. I personally don't think saying man or guys or fellas or most other male-coded language is a huge sin, but it can be inefficient, or fail to meet the...

Interesting. I'd pick the hell out of your brains if I wasn't working on L^3 right now. Are you from a female dominant culture? How far removed are you from the Capitalist-Catholic West and how do different interpretations of the Catholic faith influence marriage where you're from?

What happened to you was horrible, and should never have happened. I understand that nothing I say can dampen it, but for what it's worth, I acknowledge you. I wish that the situation could have been resolved without violence on either side, but I understand that you very likely did what you...

If I vote for you, can I sleep on the maid's lap?

You still have major cultural hives in the West that expect this. Look at this modern article from Focus on the Family. A large Christian media influence. https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-qa/submission-of-wives-to-husbands/ You can see the same sentiment in parts of the manosphere...

Meh. Marriage in America heavily favors women when said marriage turns into a divorce, and then that's only up to the point where the court demands that the man pays child support or gives the woman custody due to the traditionalist view of the woman as the home maker and caretaker. Afterwards...

I added a vote for you. There's too much heartache in these kind of contests. It's cruel.

As a mercenary, I am uniquely qualified to answer this question. I am primarily a science fantasy writer. I quit uni because I felt like I'd make a miserable pharmacist, and noticed that I'd be drowning in student debt if I decided to complete the path to becoming a psychologist, so I decided...

No prob, I'm glad I could help even a little. If you want to get a quick and dirty do-it-yourself placeholder you can make one with Canva for free. It's what I used for my cover and it came out halfway decent. I'll give you a read in a bit.

Standard mechanical issues aside, from the synopsis, it looks like The Eye of Demun could be right up my ally with the hints of secret "beneath the beneath" stuff and an adventure to a dangerous mystical location, but it's written in a way that fails tantalize me. Look here. Each of the...