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  Lucinda Moebius Members, remember the blog options on this site. Basic membership allows you to respond to blogs. There are quite a few writing prompts there. It’s a great place to show your writing chops.
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  Timothy Bateson I'd just like to wish all my fellow Americans a Happy Independence Day... Please be careful with fireworks, an observe any burn bans your local area might have in place.
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  Thomas Weaver Has anyone else seen this: http://www.hackerfactor.com/GenderGuesser.php#Analyze ? (It's a computer program that's supposedly able to determine an author's gender based on writing style, word choice, etc.) Have you TRIED it? What did you think of the results from the "guesser"? Was it reasonably accurate, or was it completely wrong?
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  Wendy H. Jones How is everyone today? What are you all writing?
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  Alvin Atwater In coming realization then rant. It's not in an angry tone, but a discussion voice. Join in. Make me laugh too: As I realize how much passionately love reading Epic fantasy (especially coming of the age types where the hero must develop), I decided to permanently ditch urban fantasy (though I'll finish No More Hope, making it the last of the Blood for Soul, which will be a trilogy rather than a series. This will probably be the last Urban fantasy I write for a while. If ever.). There is simply not enough of the COA epic/high fantasies on the market in which I'm looking for --I READ THEM ALL. (And the installments of the next series are either in writing such as Lightbringer 5 or may not come out at all such as KingKiller Chronicle 3.). I can't believe it took me this long to realize, with a blazing fire in my eyes, of how much I truly enjoy these stories. So much that I'll write my own. I've already started a concept and to me, it's so good that I will accept nothing less of a traditional publish for it.. I'll find some way to get it an audience when it's done. The urban fantasy market feels alien to me, almost like piling garbage, compared to truly remarkable tales. I currently started the Riftwar series (Raymond E. Feist). There are a few humors I'm waiting for to hit audible such as some LitRpgs and so on, but they just don't cut it for me. Especially when editing is completely ignored. (These authors still end up with tons of reviews/fans though lol). This genre probably isn't everyone's motif but Urban fantasy is just a mockery these days. Every cover looks the same: some shirtless dude on the cover. Or with a girl stand behind him, so on. Mockery of werewolves to obsessions with mating rituals, glossy vampires, and just seemingly random creatures from fantasy, awkwardly in modern times. Some of the explanations are just awful or in poor taste. Awkward female protagonists living out nearly identical fantasies but with a different "handsome" creature of the night. The male protagonists aren't any better. While there are few exceptions (such as Iron Druid books 1-8), it's a lot of the same nowadays: weak protagonists, whiny man-childs, or even HAREM-surrounded douchewads. Not sure why some men feel the need to write harems, but if you're going to do so, at least make it a little believable. Make the main character...well, better. This writing has flooded the UF market to a choke-hold. While I can't get mad at its popularity, I'm just annoyed that some of them are literal rehashes or attempts to copy the Dresden Files. Like come on man, really? I know we apparently can't be truly original anymore (which is bullshit. I hate when authors or even worse: non-writers, spout this nonsense. There is not a single author that cannot sprout something truly original. You just haven't tried.). Anyway, that's just a little rant. What do you think about UF? Beside me being over-the-top, what changes do you hope to see? What genre do you typically write? Do you agree or disagree with things stated above? Do you want to punch me in the face? Well, I'll continue hiding, xD