My Ultimate Character Background Questionnaire | dmleviathan (I built this from several questionnaires I found online. I hope it helps your NPCs or your player character’s backgrounds) Why was the character given the name he has? Does the character have a nickname? What is the source of the nickname? Is it flattering or not? What is the character’s hometown? How long has he lived there? Does he like it or want to get away or already miss it? Has he traveled much? Where & Why? Has he lived for a long period in another town? Which town(s)? Has he lived in any unusual/harsh environments? How does he react to it? How old is your character? What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)? What additional attributes would be noticed upon meeting the character (i.e. Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. antisocial, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)? Does your character have any distinguishing marks (birthmarks, scars, deformities)? Are your parents still alive?
NO TRASH PROJECT 4 Ways to Determine the Rate of Foreign Exchange Four ways to determine the rate of foreign exchange are: (a) Demand for foreign exchange (currency) (b) Supply of foreign exchange (c) Determination of exchange rate (d) Change in Exchange Rate! In a system of flexible exchange rate, the exchange rate of a currency (like price of a good) is freely determined by forces of market demand and supply of foreign exchange. Expressed graphically the Intersection of demand and the supply curves determines the equilibrium exchange rate and equilibrium quantity of foreign currency. This is called equilibrium in foreign exchange market). Let us assume that there are two countries—India and USA—and the exchange rate of their currencies, viz., rupee and dollar are to be determined. (a) Demand for foreign exchange (currency): (b) Supply of foreign exchange: Supply of foreign exchange conies (i) when foreigners purchase home country’s (say, India’s) goods and services through our exports (iii) when speculation causes inflow of foreign exchange
Handbound Books and Journals BuildItSolar: Solar energy projects for Do It Yourselfers to save money and reduce pollution Effectiveness of Monetary and Fiscal Policy (explained with diagram) | Economics The relative effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policy has been the subject of controversy among economists. The monetarists regard monetary policy more effective than fiscal policy for economic stabilisation. On the other hand, the Keynesians hold the opposite view. In between these two extreme views are the synthesists who advocate the middle path. Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. The government influences investment, employment, output and income through monetary policy. Figure 1 illustrates an expansionary monetary policy with given LM and IS curves. But the relative effectiveness of monetary policy depends on the shape of the LM curve and the IS curve. This is because when the demand for money is less elastic to a change in interest rate, an increase in the money supply is more powerful in the bringing about a large fall in interest rate. The more interest elastic is the demand for money, the smaller is the fall in interest rate when the money supply is increased. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
A Writer's Guide to Horses An Equestrian Writer’s Guide by Susan F. Craft In this motorized era the majority of humanity suffers from equestrian amnesia. Thoughts on equestrian writing by Long Rider authors Jeremy James is a Founding Member of the Long Riders’ Guild. Far be it for me to presume how anyone might tackle such a subject, since we all have our own idiosyncrasies when it comes to what to spout upon the subject of horses, but if there were one suggestion I would advance it would be to stop and think about any piece of received wisdom that people tend to hoy about without further thought. CuChullaine O’Reilly is a Founding Member of The Long Riders’ Guild, who has spent thirty years studying equestrian travel techniques on every continent. Doug Preston is a North American Long Rider who rode from Arizona to New Mexico across the Despoblado Desert, retracing the equestrian route of Coronado, a 16th Century Conquistador. As fiction writers, we cannot be experts in everything we write about. Sex/Age
Cape Falcon Kayak Aeon Timeline: Outlining Made Easy | Writing Is Hard Work Aeon Timeline is a great way to plan a novel. I broke down and bought Aeon Timeline. It was $39.99 in the AppStore, but so far it has been worth every penny. Even though there is currently not a Windows version, I have found the program to be probably one of the greatest tools for planning out multiple story arcs, keeping track of character relationships and viewing all of the subtle nuances of my novel at a glance. After watching a detailed video tutorial found on Scribblecode’s website, I was off and running, plotting out my fictional future timeline with ease. Events are things that happen on the timeline, but they are much more than that. Entities are not just characters. Arcs are like story arcs. One cool feature is that the calendar is not bound by the real world. Above all I found it easy to use. Like this: Like Loading...
BookBaby $19 Printing Maybe you just want to print one proof copy of your own book to see how good our book printing is. Or maybe you just want to know how good it feels to hold your very own printed book in your hands. Whatever the reason, thanks to this special single book offer, you can print a book extremely affordably. BookBaby makes it easy to print your own book. Any trim size, any binding... full-color inside... you name it. How Publishers Make Decisions About What to Publish: The Book P&L Photo by gonzalo_ar / via Flickr Note from Jane: Last year, I wrote and published the following article in Scratch magazine. It has been edited and updated for my site. In a widely shared excerpt from his memoir, My Mistake, publishing industry veteran Daniel Menaker described his first experience trying to acquire a book at Random House. P-and-L. When I started working at F&W Publications (now F+W) in 1998, P&Ls weren’t required before signing a book unless the book had to survive primarily on bookstore sales. As an acquiring editor, it was my responsibility to put together the P&L for every title I proposed and to make sure it would hit the target profit margin before wasting the pub board’s time with a proposal. Things have changed dramatically in the 15 years since I saw my first P&L. Click on the image to view full size. The following P&L is my creation—a from-scratch, stripped-down version of the form a publisher might use. Title Data Why aren’t we going with hardcover? Profit & Loss