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If you have a character that has been training (I assume this is military training, not playing the harpsichord) since three years old, any sort of realism already goes out ...

I'll chime in. If your character is fighting with someone with a larger sword than a katana, then it will probably be the katana that breaks. Western swords had the ...

I largely disagree with this article. "Talking heads" are not at all bad if you can write the dialogue well enough. I do enjoy reading the occasional work that's thick ...

I'll agree with Kyllorac above. It's crucial you get someone else to look at it. They'll point out things you don't notice, and they may save some very good passages ...

I listen to soft piano music while I write. It's the least intrusive.

My dreams rarely make sense. I envy you guys. :P The vast, overwhelming majority of my ideas come from music. Not music lyrics, no - most music I listen to ...

I write well in English, but I don't speak it very well. I speak Russian fluently, but I don't write in it very well. Kibble: ubi Romani, ibi caudeci. :)