I'd been somewhat acquainted with Orbiting Kettle for a while, so I was surprised when I looked him up that he hadn't published anything before 2015. However, what's there is a parade of good stories. Why you should consider following him, after the break.

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Some time back, Wanderer D invited me to continue the story of the Dazzlings in a Sunset's Isekai chapter, which I signal boosted here. Well, we're at it again! The girls return to the bar for a second installment.

Their first trip to the bar.

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That name's a mouthful, huh? I'd love to know if it's an assemblage of random words or if there's some meaning in the combination, but I've never asked. In any case, she's an author many more people should be following. Why? After the break.

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Lots of people had asked for a sequel to Ambergris, but I felt it wasn't necessary to bring the story to a close. I liked leaving it that it was just heading in the right direction, but that events were far from certain. However, I did have an idea for a later vignette about Aria I thought might be nice to tell. I never did write it.

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So apparently there's a new story everyone should read, especially because it isn't by me. After the break...

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Three years ago, I posted a guest column on Chris's blog about some kinds of gimmick stories, how to make them work, some common pitfalls, etc. for epistolary stories, dialogue-only stories, and open endings. There's one more kind that has been on my thoughts lately. More after the break.

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Poor overworked obabscribbler often prefaces her posts with something to the effect of "this should have been posted long ago, but it's late because I'm made of fail." And I have to take the same mea culpa here, as part 2 came so long ago. Some final thoughts after the break.

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Just a quick-hit one today. I was having a discussion with someone. I think it was Sharp Spark, but it might have been Octavia Harmony. I did another blog post once about how to receive feedback from reviewers. At least I think I did. Now I can't find it.

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It's going to take me a couple days to distill everything down. Easy stuff first.

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I guess everyone's doing these things...

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