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What an interesting reason for a sci fi war!

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Glad to see others thought so too. I had been a tad worried that I'd not be able to bring the idea across correctly, given my penchant for keeping the story fairly short and sweet.

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That's the challenge, isn't it?

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Aye, determining the appropriate length for an idea is always the tricky bit. Seem to have a decent handle on it if my viewcounts are any use as a judge, most of the time at least.

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I've been doing only flash fiction (< 1k words) on my substack so far, so I've been relying on those IAM pics to do some heavy lifting for me (they DO say pictures are worth a thousand words!).

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Can attest to that, pictures do absolutely play a role in getting eyeballs, at least from new people. Titles play a role too, though thats a difficult art to judge the success of. Its a little mind-boggling trying to figure out what roles each part plays, and figuring out how to give each story its best chance

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I get a kick of of puns and references in my headers, so I go with that and hope other people like it, too.

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