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Don't use metaphors in fantasy your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively - but if so, they'll also take your magics and transformations figuratively. Either way, you're in trouble.
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
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Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 21
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