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FAQ 1: Names!
Early readers may have noticed that in the narrative (never the dialogue) of She Who Became the Sun, Chinese characters are referred to by their surnames, rather than the conventional Chinese usage of [surname] [first name]. This may be jarring to Chinese-speakers and people who read a lot of translated works, e.g. webnovels! So: why did I make this choice?
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These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart:
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Priest! I was a really big fan of Guardian, back in the day.
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The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1):
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“Destroying what someone else cherished never brought back what you yourself had lost. All it did was spread grief like a contagion.”
― She Who Became the Sun
― She Who Became the Sun
“However tired I am, however hard it is: I know I can keep going, because I’m alive.”
― She Who Became the Sun
― She Who Became the Sun
“What someone is means nothing about what kind of person they are. Truth is in actions.”
― She Who Became the Sun
― She Who Became the Sun
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