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Hey, NewMe. I'll just give my two cents: I think a good hero is when they aren't completely good, but they aren't evil either. Like, they know when lines need ...

I think that the above is great, but I'd like to suggest an 8th Tip, if it's okay: 8. Put Them In Challenging Situations. Not like rockclimbing, or having to ...

Maybe add another suspect to the abuse. Yes, he could lie, but there could also be someone else, a regular visitor or family friend, whom the blame could be foisted ...

OK, here's my two cents. Hel: Norse goddess of death. Depending on what source you want, she's either half-normal and half-corpse, half-black and half-white, and the halves differ. Personally, I've ...

Am I too late to advise? I would say, don't know enough about the story, but from what you say, I'll just give my two cents: Basically, two-face it; it's ...

I don't get why telepaths always have it lucky in fiction. Honestly, pyrokinetics with an errant thought can incinerate, influences can make everyone around them feel sad or angry, etc. ...

Can you please make there be less of a whole 'sparkle' or 'turn to dust' thing in the sunlight? Why not something like, I dunno, the original Dracula's 'I just ...

Teaching? My dad moved to Japan in order to get a job at a university in Tokyo. Or even a sabbatical; where you have a year off, and you can ...

Well, female terrorist faction leaders include: Ulrike Meinhof, a founding member of the Red Army Faction, in Germany. The first generation of the group was called the 'Baader-Meinhof Gang' (Baader ...

I'm interested in psychology, but I like to think that I can think of explanations to everything via mental state. Basically, terrorism works generally in which a certain radical group ...

Wow, I've found that some of my characters a bunch of archetypes at once! e.g. James Harding; Mentor, as he sets the MC straight, Star-Crossed Lover, a bit in that ...

OK. I liked the first idea, modern witch transported through time and all that, but a few points: 1) Historical Accuracy. Very few witches were burnt at the stake. Most ...

The War as I See It: I like it, but you'd also have to look for interview with people actually then and there. Also, I always get a little annoyed ...

Whoo! Brainwave: My world's vampires are the Upirik, who a) get their senses overwhelmed by alcohol, drugs, and tobacco (in one scene, the MC gets her answers by opening a ...

Thanks for your input! Karsten; I dunno about the blood thing, because that is part of the story (a lot of it focuses on blood). The sunlight thing... I could ...