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Sherwood Smith

Fantasy author, Crown Duel

How we know it's theirs

Their 2015 r/Fantasy AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 15 posts and 573 comments from u/SherwoodSmith, dated 2014 to 2020, most often in r/Fantasy and r/YAwriters.

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A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “WEDNESDAY Worldbuilders Ask YOU Anything: Authors and industry people asking community questions - join in!”

Hello /r/fantasy. I am M. Todd Gallowglas. I don't know if posting this before coffee is a such a great idea, but here goes... I'm a writer, mostly of fantasy but I occasionally delve into science fiction, horror, and recently I've developed a passion for literary criticism in…

u/SherwoodSmith replied

Prized possession, a letter from JRR Tolkien (not much content--as a brash twenty year old I wrote and asked if I could meet him, he politely declined, but there it is, the famous signature)

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A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “AMA--I am Fantasy Author Sherwood Smith, grateful to bounce back!”

> Krista D. Ball’s SPIRIT CALLER, books 1-3, which I am also loving. Gosh blush Well, if you like those, let me know when you're done and I'll send you 4-6 to finish the series. After all, you can't miss out on the Murder Mystery LARP event in Book 4 :D Has 'how you write'…

u/SherwoodSmith replied

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But when I finally got it out to type up for possible submission, I discovered that there was no description, except a few overused cliches here and there. None. Nada. All talking heads, and references to "the ruin" and "the burned street" and so on. Whenever I looked over it, the movie flared up in my brain again and I didn't see the actual words.

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