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Pet Peeve #8: Why is HE In Charge?

It’s just a fact of life that the main character gets certain perks in life that other (more deserving people) don’t get. The MC can often speak directly with people many tiers above their station (diamond rankers, kings, gods –…

Opinion: The Curse of The Daily Serial

Last month, I got onto such a The Primal Hunter kick. I listened to books 5-8 on Audible. Then I read book 9 on Amazon Kindle. I couldn’t get enough. I wanted to know what happened to certain characters. So…

Pet Peeve #7: Endless Side Quests

I try to look at these stories from the author’s point of view sometimes. Imagine you have a character, let’s call him Jake. And Jake is overpowered. You could write a story covering Jake’s ascension from Level 1 to Level…

Things I Like #4: Consequences

One interesting element of progression fantasy books is when dangerous actions have actual consequences for the main character. For instance, when the main character’s party is fighting a powerful enemy, and an important member of the team dies. And not…

Pet Peeve #5: Forgetting Your Skills

Do you remember the Lord of the Rings movies? Little Frodo has been told to take this evil ring across the continent, and drop it in the fires of Mordor to destroy it. He goes on a grand adventure, lasting…

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So what IS Progression Fantasy or LitRPG? Some books everyone seems to like (and I do to): Other books that are my favorites. Things in the Fantasy book genre that I like: Things in the Fantasy book genre that I…

Things I Like #3: A Little Bit of Romance

Not everyone will agree. In the various LitRPG groups, some people don’t want the MC to have ANY close romantic personal relationships at all. Just monsters and fighting, thank you very much. Not me, though. Having an MC that finds…

Pet Peeve #4: Broken Economics

Sometimes, in book 1 of a series, the author will take time to explain how the economics of a world works in great detail. 1 Iron coin is 10 Bronze coins, 10 Bronze coins is 1 Silver coin, etc. And…