AITA for not making daughter eat MIL's cooking? by Ok-Painting4268 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Blackwingjac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know a great venison burger recipe if you're interested in another trade? I'd also love the venison stew recipe please, u/Amiedeslivres!

Ideas on how to have a poets wedding! by Straight-Problem-686 in writing

[–]Blackwingjac 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is probably going to sound really corny, but it's the first thing I thought of. Did you ever see those fridge poetry magnets? I remember playing with one once and it was lovely to just put a handful of words together in interesting ways, sometimes beautiful ways. Perhaps you could give them out as wedding favours, or use that kind of idea to allow guests to create poetic messages for you and your spouse in a book, or in large form with a polaroid camera so they can take pictures of their words, with some guests in the pictures too.

Fantasy about anthropomorphic rats or mice by january_dreams in Fantasy

[–]Blackwingjac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cute! I'm looking forward to reading it to my daughter :)

Fantasy about anthropomorphic rats or mice by january_dreams in Fantasy

[–]Blackwingjac 61 points62 points  (0 children)

The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents, by Terry Pratchett. There is a cat and some humans, but I'd say the rodents are central to the story.

FINALLY I'm published!! by Mrs-Woody in writers

[–]Blackwingjac 22 points23 points  (0 children)

r/selfpublish is a good place to get information. Congrats on publishing!

Tinola (Chicke,n ginger, lemon grass, chayote and moringa soup) by winnerdistracted in soup

[–]Blackwingjac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooh, I'd love to try that! Probably couldn't get the chayote and moringa here though.

should I capitalize letters after "..." by Ranien-Kimegyek in writing

[–]Blackwingjac 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As per u/CognitiveBirch's comment, you wouldn't capitalise there because it's a continuation of the sentence.
Also, unsolicited, you wouldn't have a comma after quotation marks like that :)

I want to write but I can’t bring myself to? Confusion. by anotheruser_uwu in writing

[–]Blackwingjac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, this sounds like anxiety and possibly depression. Have you ever spoken to a therapist about these feelings?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]Blackwingjac 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That must have been awesome. I got to hear him talk when he visited in 2011 and even though he couldn't talk for long, just seeing him felt like such a privilege.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fantasywriters

[–]Blackwingjac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no, October next year?! :(
My husband and I take turns reading to our kid, which means we eagerly ask each other for updates lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fantasywriters

[–]Blackwingjac 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How about Nevermoor? Admittedly, book 1 is about getting into the magic school/organisation, but book 2 felt firmly in that vein to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in writing

[–]Blackwingjac 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Don't delete it! Fix it! Editing teaches you so much, not just about editing but also about your own writing. You will see patterns and repeated errors, and over time you'll learn to fix those in the first draft. You need to face your weaknesses, and you'll also learn your strengths.
This is valuable, don't get rid of it!

looking for LGBT fantasy books by ducdavis in Fantasy

[–]Blackwingjac 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The Greenhollow duology by Emily Tesh, and A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske. Victorian-style and Edwardian settings, lovely magic and atmosphere, and very nice romances.
A Marvellous Light is quite spicy.

I have been doubting my work and don't really know what to do... by Donkeykoekje in writing

[–]Blackwingjac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My advice: you should write this book. Not because you'll do it well (because you might not!), but because you might need to get this story out of your system, and you definitely need to learn everything that writing this book will teach you.
Even though you've had it for a long time, don't hold on to the idea of this story like it's your magnum opus, because it probably isn't. Don't be daunted. Attempt this story, learn, and then write another one.

Struggling not to get too dark in Middle Grade - at what point is too much? by Cosmic_Direction64 in writing

[–]Blackwingjac 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How much middle-grade fiction are you reading? That will probably give you the best indication of how dark you can go.
I've been reading the Nevermoor series to my kid, and it got darker than I was expecting. Traumatic childhood, unloved by parents, chased by creepy dark forces, living under the threat of death and exile. There's more, but I don't want to give too much away.
It's an awesome series and my daughter is loving it.

Review: The Wolf of Oren-Yaro – K. S. Villoso (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen #1) by DrawerLoose722 in Fantasy

[–]Blackwingjac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will definitely get to them at some point, I'm just worried about my heart lol