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I thought novels were all The Great Gatsby and War and Peace and Hardy Boys, but when I stumbled onto Revelation Space, a dark, hard sci-fi, I was blown away, and before I even finished the book I wanted to start writing. That was when I was around 22-23?

Then you should write romance and submit it to Harlequin. Romance makes up 50% of the fiction market. I've always known this, but I never submitted a romance until recently, and... to my surprise, I've noticed an eagerness from the editors over there that I haven't experienced with other genres...

None of this relates to me in the slightest, lol.

Fudgemonkeys!

lol Block him?

Like this: It was then that he knew, perhaps from an intuition from the gods themselves, that he must act of that moment—and Dafa sprung to the young and inexperienced guard near the wall next to a statue, and hitting his head against the marble, knocked him unconscious amidst the screaming of...

Sex sells? On that note, I should probably upload my romance here. It's kind of spicy, but definitely not smut. I'm not even sure I'd call it erotic, but it's close.

Never implied anything about the oni race. Fudge.

Oof! Not complaining, but I thought this was interesting: When i started this story i expected the mc to be cold..revenge based and you know focused on revenge...i mean its not my fault that I didn't expect an oni to have morals or be indecisive little brat....even the rage moments didn't...

I don't use magic systems. I prefer a soft mystical magic that has mystery, so I typically just make it up as I go.

Kay, but I own all the rights. Deal?

Yes and no for me. For instance my novel The Princess of Malik'Dar is associated with the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack and my Jinni and the Isekai series is heavily associated with Arabian Nights 1 and 2 from cafe de anatolia. But typically I put on whatever when writing. Sometimes its...

I think it has to do with expectations. Why do readers expect Frodo to drop the ring into Mount Doom? Because everything hinges on it, because they want him to. I think romances are like this. Once I like a couple, I want them to get together. I want obstacles to prevent it for a time, and then...

I do it all the time. Have you been watching Big Trouble in Little China?

You need something to lose if there's going to be conflict and tension. Is getting kicked out of the guild bad? Having a bunch of action scenes back to back won't cause tension, you need to have some downtime moments where the characters worry about the consequences of getting kicked out of the...

I usually write them in a blaze as fast as I can. It gives the scene urgency. I have a lot of single word paragraphs and quick thoughts interjected within. Although some books do really well by pausing the action entirely and getting into the headspace of the characters through the narrator...

All of this. Taste is incredibly subjective and people dropping the story is not a mark against your skill or ability as a storyteller. It can be, but I doubt that's it. Storytelling is in fact, an art form. Let the art be what the art will be, those who enjoy it will enjoy it. Write another...

How come you don't have the Apple Grotto Nymph in your list of series? Edit: I'm dumb. Didn't notice page two.

You're the artist. You can do whatever you want, up to and including total polemic critique of said religion. However, being a Christian myself, I can't say that I won't think your book is total crap and not read it after dropping you a one star. Just being honest, lol. Now, that being said, if...

Noice. I mean, why artificially stretch it out to 100k anyway? I'm sure it's better just the way it is. How do you feel about writing an actual fairy tale?