https://www.csfriedman.com The Worlds of C.S. Friedman Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.csfriedman.com/what-is-the-dm-rule/#comment-126 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:23:00 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=1124#comment-126 Well, back in the old days of The Camarilla, Ren and I both played characters from short stories that we were writing, to see how those characters developed and grew over time, when exposed to the riggers of active gaming….
It was very helpful, and a lot of fun.

]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/the-reality-of-writing/#comment-123 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 23:45:00 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=978#comment-123 Two years back while feeling dismayed at needing rewrite my first manuscript for the third time I picked up “In Conquest Born” at a local secondhand book store. Your writing and advice has been so incredibly helpful! I am now planning to mail out my first (and, I believe, gleaming) manuscript this fall. Knowing the difficulty I look forward to the future challenges. Thank you for all your hard work!

]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/it-has-a-name-and-a-pub-date/#comment-122 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 05:45:00 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=1586#comment-122 Anything and everything you write Ms. Friedman will ALWAYS find its way to my collection, and I cannot wait for your next book Dreamwalker!

]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/what-is-the-dm-rule/#comment-53 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:51:00 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=1124#comment-53 This is entirely true. I have run roleplaying games for 13 years at least, and they are wonderful crucibles for testing the limits of a system. Depending on the player, everything from ethical considerations to the physics of magic can be tested, and some wonderful stories can be told just by breaking the rules. I especially LOVE to find those “its not tradition” type limitations and break them, exploiting the chaos to drive the story. Thank you for affirming that roleplaying can be another tool in the author’s tool box.

]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/trade-secrets/#comment-48 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:24:00 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=1127#comment-48 I love that you used internet/text grammar in section 5 “No Internet Grammar!” It made me smile. … Thank you for your direct advice on the subject of publishing. Even in scribbled-essay form, your thoughts are a pleasure to read. And thank you for impacting me so much with your style, that you shifted my desire for reading into an obsession with writing. I’ve given away countless copies of your books, in the hopes of impacting others in the same way. Suffice it to say, I have recruited many to your following. Please keep writing. 🙂

]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/excerpt-from-doeshadowlords/#comment-45 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:12:00 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=1565#comment-45 Wow. This….this is intriguing. I want to know more. Thank you for posting such a tantalizing tidbit. I cannot wait for 2014!

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