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Ryan Stennet
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Writing Burning Starlight on Royal Road. New chapters M-W-F.
When done correctly an author can use the presence of objective info about characters to tell interesting stories. Some tales include an objective arbitrator of the “rules” (often just called The System) which can be used as an interesting plot device.
It could be argued the OG Jumanji counts.
January 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
My personal take: it’s what happens when you introduce game mechanics into a setting in a diegetic way. The simplest example is if the characters in the most recent story you read could suddenly perceive that they had stats and attributes like a D&D or video game character.
January 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Have you ever thought to yourself: “I wish there was a science-fantasy LitRPG that spends 16 chapters on character establishment before finally introducing the System?”

If so, you’d be the first. But hey, I’m writing it anyway.

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Burning Starlight
Out of Retirement. Out of Options. Out of Fucks to Give. Retirement was supposed to be simple: a quiet apartment near the Saginaw River, maybe a hobby or two. Blake Connover survived decades of milita...
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December 17, 2024 at 6:55 PM
So is any work of fiction an isekai by this logic? I ask because I’m into expanding my “your favorite childhood stories were all isekais” argument. 😆
December 17, 2024 at 4:42 AM
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Hi all, I'm Ryn and I write litrpg under my dead name turned penname Jonathan Smidt! For those who don't know, litrpg novels are books with video game mechanics added to them (think like isekai anime and such). If you enjoy video games and DnD, you'll enjoy these!

www.amazon.com/stores/Jonat...
Jonathan Smidt: books, biography, latest update
Follow Jonathan Smidt and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Jonathan Smidt Author Page.
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December 17, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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There's a bizarre and ongoing mainstream effort to launder RFK Jr into someone who just wants to get Americans eating nutritious food and exercising again but that is not evidenced anywhere in his public statements or career in public life.

He is a liar and conspiracist.
December 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Electrolytes, Turbolytes, Powerlytes—MORE LYTES THAN YOUR BODY HAS ROOM FOR.
— Me at the 7-11 picking up a Powerade, every time, for 17 years
December 8, 2024 at 4:49 AM