Activity for Andy Dentâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #37873 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #887 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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A: Do living authors still get paid royalties for their old work? Minor point as I've met people who don't get this - authors and publishers are only paid for the new copies of their books. When you buy books from any kind of second-hand store, it's only the store owner getting the money. I came to the belated realisation that my years of finding old SF books in s... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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A: How to make travel scenes interesting without adding needless plot diversions? David Weber's The War God's Own has some lengthy travel scenes in it which he does quite well. I suspect this as an older book predates his Heinlenesque tendency to include huge info-dumps. You can get it free from Baen's Free Library. One of the things I like is he shows character growth and learnin... (more) |
— | about 13 years ago |