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Orrex

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5. A friend self-published a fantasy novel a few years back
Sat Jun 19, 2021, 03:41 PM
Jun 2021

Cool story and engaging characters, but I don’t believe that a single one of them ever “said” anything. It was always “Bob exclaimed” or “Maria expressed” or “Paula queried” or “Larry remarked.” It became an exhausting distraction pretty quickly.

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