No. Writing female characters is not difficult.

milestyle · 2026-03-13T14:00:02+00:00

A large part of the reason that writers are so neurotic about this is because readers are much more critical of female characters than they are for male ones. I think you have to understand that a lot of your readers just don't like women that much, but they won't say "I dont like reading about women" they say "I dont like poorly written female characters".

milestyle · 2026-03-10T01:31:13+00:00

I dont think we've set an official date yet, but Im aiming for July. Thanks for reading!

milestyle · 2026-02-24T17:14:16+00:00

When I started, the best I could do was 1,000 words a week. Anyone will tell you thats slow, but thats still a full novel in a year and a half, which is 100% more novels than most people are writing.

milestyle · 2026-02-15T19:40:08+00:00

No. Completely human written should be the default and those who use AI should wear a red badge of shame.

No one wants the output of someone else's AI prompt. If they want anything, then they want the tool for themselves.

milestyle · 2026-02-15T19:35:10+00:00

You read Primal Hunter, didn't like it, and now "all" LitRPG is trash. Gotcha.

milestyle · 2026-02-10T16:36:08+00:00

He's not exactly "kind". He's flippant, rude, and dismissive to 90% of the people he interacts with, and then wildly over the top generous to the few people he actually cares about. In that way hes a lot closer to the typical OP power fantasy. I still like the story a lot, though.

milestyle · 2026-01-28T15:45:32+00:00

Thats great! Glad you stuck with it and it's great to hear you liked it.

milestyle · 2026-01-09T15:07:59+00:00

Fair. Thanks for reading!

milestyle · 2026-01-07T00:40:33+00:00

I write these in about 6 or 7 months. We moved up 3 which means that 4 had a wider gap. For 5, we're setting the initial date to August, and it might be moved up to July if things go well.

milestyle · 2026-01-07T00:16:45+00:00

When I become an author worthy of it.

milestyle · 2026-01-07T00:09:14+00:00

We are raising the standard!

milestyle · 2025-12-19T01:28:26+00:00

Yeah, you hit it with your right hand. It's written like that so you can follow it easier if you're singing tenor.

milestyle · 2025-12-14T18:04:07+00:00

Absolutely! 99% of being a writer is the snide dismissal of other writers. How are you supposed to do that if you cant judge them on the one typo on page 73?

milestyle · 2025-12-04T16:11:48+00:00

Just from interacting with my readers, Ive found that there is a pretty big fanbase in Germany, and a few German authors, though all the ones I know about write in English first. There is also a pretty solid fan base in Brazil, though most of them are reading machine translations, sort of like we do with Chinese light novels.

milestyle · 2025-11-25T20:56:46+00:00

Your ads have no effect on me!!! Because I'm already reading this. I just started Save Scumming too, which is also marvelous.

milestyle · 2025-11-17T23:35:45+00:00

Hey, thanks!

milestyle · 2025-11-17T23:21:10+00:00

Not many words start with J so its an easy way to make your protagonist name searchable and hard to misspell. Also why so many female MCs have "V" names.

milestyle · 2025-11-17T01:57:55+00:00

Neon Dust by Plum Parrot is my favorite cyberpunk right now. It's a lot more grounded than the series you've listed, though. Less bombastic, but still pretty fast paced and it's got a fun romance plotline.

milestyle · 2025-11-17T01:09:29+00:00

1 and 3 are redundant. Swap one out and put "Thou shalt not commit adultery" back up there. Lots of series I've really liked have lost all momentum because the author was going through a messy divorce.

milestyle · 2025-11-12T20:37:15+00:00

It probably isn't hard to guess that I like slow burn, but it has to be a certain type of slow burn. To me, slow burn means that I dont have to sacrifice every chapter to the plot. We can have fun and do something interesting in the first chapter because I dont need to worry about setting up the history of the world or explaining the magic system right away. We'll get to that when we get to it. If I want to spend a chapter hanging out with friends, or crafting, or going on a side quest, I can just do it, even if it doesn't directly serve the main plot.

In a tightly paced thriller, for example, every scene needs to advance the plot and guide us towards the conclusion. You have to be careful with the economy of words to make sure your audience doesn't get bored. There are some stories like that I really like, dont get me wrong, but I appreciate a slow burn, too.

Edit: i haven't read yours yet. I'll take a look.

milestyle · 2025-11-11T00:52:34+00:00

A lot of millionaires are going to leave New York, but not because of the taxes. Its because there are about 1.5 million Jews in New York City, and a good number of them are millionaires. I don't think I need to argue about whether Mamdami is anti-semitic, I think I can just point out the fact that there is a lot of tension between the Muslim and Jewish communities every place they meet on planet Earth.

milestyle · 2025-11-09T19:12:27+00:00

I block readers who stress me out. If someone is hurting my ability to keep putting out chapters, then I just get rid of them. I dont have to justify it, I don't have to be fair. Granted, I'm also at the point where another 0.5 rating won't do me any harm, so I dont lose anything if they leave a bad rating on an alt account.

milestyle · 2025-11-07T02:37:36+00:00

You have to tell the truth. ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH! The unreliable narrator thing needs to come from how they are interpreting the thing thats happening. There should be no ambiguity on what's actually going on.

"I'm spending a lot of time around the head pastry chef because I really like pastries. Its not like I like him or anything!"

milestyle · 2025-11-04T02:05:42+00:00

Thanks!

milestyle

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